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Terms Used In Washington Code 12.04.201

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
FORM OF SUBPOENA
State of Washington,
County of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
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To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :
In the name of the state of Washington, you are hereby required to appear before the undersigned, one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., at . . . . o’clock in the . . . . noon, at his or her office in . . . . . ., to give evidence in a certain cause, then and there to be tried, between A B, plaintiff, and C D, defendant, on the part of (the plaintiff, or defendant as the case may be).
Given under my hand this . . . . day of . . . . . . . ., (year) . . . .
J. P., Justice of the Peace.
[ 2016 c 202 § 13; 2010 c 8 § 3014; 1957 c 89 § 4. Prior: Code 1881 § 1885, part; 1873 p 373 c 16, part; 1863 p 370 c 16, part; 1854 p 253 c 19, part; RRS § 1890, part.]