Discovery

Inyention; finding out. The finding of an island or country not previously known to geographers. In patent law. The finding out some substance, mechanical device, improvement, or application, not previously known. Discovery, a5 used in the patent laws, depends upon invention. Hvery invention may,in a cer it by no means follows that every discovery is an Invention.

5 Blatchf. 121.

Also used of the disclosure by a bankrupt of his property for the benefit of creditors.

In practice

The disclosure by the defendani of facts, titles, doguments, or other things which are in his exclusive knowledge or possession, and which are necessary to the party seeking the discovery as a part of a cause or action pending or to be brought in another court, or as evidence of his rights or title in such proceeding.