Rhode Island General Laws 9-18-3. Address and time of service of notice
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The notification issued by the magistrate, officer, or commissioner who shall take the deposition shall be directed to any proper officer, or to any impartial or disinterested person, and shall be served a reasonable time, not less than twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays, before the time of taking the deposition.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 376; G.L. 1909, ch. 292, § 24; G.L. 1923, ch. 342, § 24; G.L. 1938, ch. 539, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 9-18-3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 9-18-3
- 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.
- magistrate: may be construed to mean a justice, or a clerk acting as a justice, of a district court. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6