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Section 492.380 – Official character of officer in the United States, how attested.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.380. Official character of officer in the United States, how attested. — The official character of such officer taking depositions or examinations within any of the United States, or any of the territories of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, authenticated and proved as aforesaid, or by […]

Section 492.390 – Official character of officer in foreign country, how attested.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.390. Official character of officer in foreign country, how attested. — Depositions or examinations taken by any person or judicial officer without the United States, by virtue of any commission issued in pursuance of sections 492.080 to 492.400 shall be, except as herein otherwise provided, accompanied by a certificate of […]

Section 492.400 – When depositions may be read.

Effective – 28 Aug 1959 492.400. When depositions may be read. — 1. Examinations or depositions taken and returned in conformity to the provisions of sections 492.080 to 492.400 may be read and used as evidence in the cause in which they were taken, as if the witnesses were present and examined in open court […]

Section 492.410 – Evidence preserved in bill of exceptions may be used, how.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.410. Evidence preserved in bill of exceptions may be used, how. — Whenever any competent evidence shall have been preserved in any bill of exceptions in a cause, the same may be thereafter used in the same manner and with like effect as if such testimony had been preserved in […]

Section 492.290 – Witnesses to be examined on oath.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.290. Witnesses to be examined on oath. — Every witness examined, in pursuance of sections 492.080 to 492.400, shall be sworn or affirmed to testify the whole truth, and his examination shall be reduced to writing, or taken in shorthand and transcribed, in writing, in the presence of the person […]

Section 492.300 – Adverse party may take depositions by giving notice, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 1939 492.300. Adverse party may take depositions by giving notice, when. — When the party causing depositions to be taken under a notice shall have completed the taking thereof, the adverse party may, before the same or any other officer authorized to take depositions, and at the same place, proceed immediately, […]