Answer:
- Discovery, litigation, negotiated settlement, examine, evidence.
Explanation:
As per the question, the passage reads as:
'One theory behind the discovery is that the best outcome to civil litigation is a negotiated settlement and that parties will move toward agreement if they understand the opponents' case. That result is likeliest to occur if both sides have an opportunity to examine their opponents' evidence.
The author implies that one of the propositions behind 'discovery' is that the best results of a civil action involve a 'negotiated settlement' as parties would be able to reach a mutual decision or agreement only when they would be able to understand the opponent's situation or case. The most likely results are displayed when each of the parties out of both gets a chance to analyze and assess the opponent's case or evidence, it becomes more convenient to reach a mutual decision.
