request for production
request for production. Procedure. In pretrial discovery, a party’s written request that another party provide specified documents or other tangible things for inspection and copying. Fed. R. Civ. P. 34. — Abbr. RFP. — Also termed document request; request for production of documents; notice to produce; demand for document inspection. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1551; Pretrial Procedure 331. C.J.S. Discovery § 71.]