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Request for admissions
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<p>A request for admission (sometimes also called a request to admit) is a set of statements sent from one litigant to an adversary, for the purpose of having the adversary <a href="/facts/Admission_(law)/yy0xCWPX">admit</a> or deny the statements or allegations therein. Requests for admission are part of the <a href="/facts/Discovery_(law)/pHMb5suV">discovery</a> process in a <a href="/facts/Civil_law_(common_law)/7apK9Gaa">civil case</a>. In the <a href="/facts/United_States_federal_courts/RfX1mMs6">U.S. federal court system</a>, they are governed by Rule 36 of the <a href="/facts/Federal_Rules_of_Civil_Procedure/DTKXJnNu">Federal Rules of Civil Procedure</a>. </p>