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Terms Used In Maryland Code, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT 9-719

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a party to a proceeding before the Commission may take an oral deposition as provided by law for a civil case.

(b) A party may take a deposition under this section only to perpetuate testimony and not for discovery.