Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
apex deposition
The deposition of a person whose position is at the highest level of a company's hierarchy. ( Courts often preclude an apex deposition unless (1) the person to be deposed has particular knowledge regarding the claim, and (2) the requesting party cannot obtain the requested - and discoverable -information through less intrusive means. deposition de bene esse (dee bee-nee es-ee also day ben-ay es-ay). A deposition taken from a witness who will likely be unable to attend a scheduled trial or hearing. * If the witness is not available to attend trial, the testimony is read at trial as if the witness were present in court. See testimony de bene esse unde
deposition
1. A witness's outof-court testimony that is reduced to writing (usu. by a court reporter) for later use in court or for discovery purposes. 2. The session at which such testimony is recorded.
deposition on written questions
A deposition given in response to a prepared set of written questions, as opposed to a typical oral deposition. - Formerly also termed deposition on written interrogatories "The advantage of a deposition on written questions is that counsel for the parties need not go to some distant place to be present at the taking of the deposition. Instead they serve on each other questions and cross questions - and even redirect and recross questions -that they wish to have put to the deponent. These are then sent to the officer who is to take the deposition. The officer puts the questions to the witness, records the answers, and transcribes and files the deposition as with an oral deposition. The officer is merely to record what the witness says in response to the various questions propounded to him or her." Charles Alan Wright, The Law of Federal Courts ยง 85, at 618-19 (5th ed. 1994).
oral deposition
See DEPOSITION.