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2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 19 - EVIDENCE
Chapter 03 - Methods Of Taking Testimony
§ 19-3-1 Means of testimony enumerated.

SD Codified L § 19-3-1 (2016) What's This?

19-3-1. Means of testimony enumerated. The testimony of witnesses is taken in three modes:

(1) By affidavit;

(2) By deposition;

(3) By oral examination.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 463; CL 1887, § 5277; RCCivP 1903, § 503; RC 1919, § 2750; Supreme Court Rule 501, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0201.

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