Tennessee Code 8-16-117 – Notice of deposition of notary public.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-16-117
- 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.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
The deposition of a notary public may be taken, whether a suit be pending or not, on ten (10) days’ notice to the opposite party, if resident in the state, and forty (40) days’ notice out of the state, to be read as evidence between the same parties in any suit then or afterward depending, should the notary die or leave the state before the trial.