New Hampshire Revised Statutes 516:9 – Duty to Testify
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 516:9
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
Whenever any domestic corporation is a party to any legal proceeding in this state before any court or other lawful tribunal, every nonresident director, officer or agent of such corporation may be required to appear and testify in such proceeding within the state, or to give his deposition for use in such proceeding before a special commissioner or commissioners within or without the state, and to produce all books, records and papers of such corporation or relating to its affairs in his possession or control so far as the same may be material upon the question involved in such proceedings.