2016 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - COURTS and CIVIL PROCEDURE–PROCEDURE GENERALLY
Chapter 9-18 - Depositions
Section 9-18-8 - Deposition as evidence – Use of certified copy.

RI Gen L § 9-18-8 (2016) What's This?

§ 9-18-8 Deposition as evidence – Use of certified copy.

The deposition of any person taken pursuant to this chapter may be used as evidence in the trial of any judicial proceeding in any court, or town council, or before commissioners, masters in chancery, referees, or auditors, in which it shall have been taken to be used; and if the party who took the deposition shall neglect to produce or use it, the adverse party may use the original or a copy of the deposition, certified by the magistrate before whom it was taken.

History of Section.
(C.P.A. 1905, § 381; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 29; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 29; G.L. 1938, ch. 539, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 9-18-8.)

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