What to these letters mean, DUI, DWI, OWI, OUI?

These are acronyms.  Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form.

Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known; and some dictionaries, speakers, and writers use it to describe any abbreviation formed from initial letters.

Each of these acronyms refers to drunk driving and mean the same thing:

DUI: Driving Under The Influence (alcohol or drugs).
DWI: Driving While Intoxicated (or Impaired).
OWI: Operating (motor vehicle) While Impaired (or intoxicated).
OUI: Operating Under the Influence (of alcohol or drugs).

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What is a "Legal Assistant"?

A Legal Assistant, also known as a Paralegal is a non-attorney who works under the supervision of a lawyer.  The Legal Assistant's work is usually billed to clients or paid directly to the Paralegal.. Paralegals have many job duties, including drafting motions and subpoenas, document review, and filing papers with courts.

What is a "Deposition"?

In law, a deposition is evidence given under oath and recorded for use in court at a later date. In many countries depositions are given in courtrooms, but in the United States they are given outside a courtroom in certain well-defined circumstances. In the US It is a part of the discovery process in which litigants obtain information from each other in preparation for trial. Some jurisdictions recognize an affidavit as a form of deposition.

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What is are "Interrogatories"?

In law, interrogatories are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary, in order to clarify matters of evidence and help to determine in advance what facts will be presented at any trial in the case.

The vast majority of such questions are to find background information about the litigants that is not specific to each case, so it is common to use pre-printed forms containing standard questions that are generally relevant to the type of case at hand, called form interrogatories. These may even be determined by statute or court rules.

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What is "Discovery"?

In law, discovery is the pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party through the law of civil procedure can request documents and other evidence from other parties or can compel the production of evidence by using a subpoena or through other discovery devices, such as requests for production and depositions. In American law, discovery is wide-ranging and can involve any material which is relevant to the case excepting information which is privileged or information which is the work product of the other side.

In practice, most civil cases in the United States are settled after discovery. After discovery, both sides usually are in agreement about the strength of each side's case and this produces a settlement which eliminates the expense and risks of a trial. The use of discovery has been criticized as favoring the wealthier side as one tactic is to make requests of information which are expensive and time consuming for the other side to fulfill. Tort reform supporters argue that such tactics are often used by plaintiffs' lawyers to impose costs on defendants to force settlements in unmeritorious cases to avoid the cost of discovery.

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