request for admission
request for admission. Civil procedure. In pretrial discovery, a party’s written factual statement served on another party who must admit, deny, or object to the substance of the statement. • Ordinarily, many requests for admission appear in one document. The admitted statements, along with any statements not denied or objected to, will be treated by the court as established and therefore do not have to be proved at trial. Fed. R. Civ. P. 36. — Abbr. RFA. — Also termed request for admissions; request to admit; notice to admit. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1671; Pretrial Procedure 471. C.J.S. Discovery §§ 113, 115.]
