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A 412

CAP. 4]

The Rules of the Supreme Court

[1988 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

No. 32

Order for examination within jurisdiction of witness before trial

(O.39 r. 1)

(Heading as in cause or matter)

On hearing (the solicitors on both sides) and on reading the affidavit of

filed herein the............... day of

19........

It is ordered that

a witness on behalf of the

be examined viva voce on oath or affirmation before a

Judge, the Registrar or one of the examiners of the Court (or

Esq., the examiner agreed upon or an examiner to be agreed upon), the plaintiff's (or

defendant's) solicitor giving to the defendant's (or plaintiff's) solicitor

days' notice in writing of the time and place where the examination is to take place (or

state the time and place if fixed by the order). And it is ordered that the depositions

taken at the examination be filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court, and that office

copies thereof may be read and given in evidence on the trial of this cause, saving all

just exceptions, without any further proof of the absence of the said witness than the

affidavit of the solicitor of the party using the same, as to his belief, and that the costs

of this application (and of the examination) be (costs in the cause).

Dated the

day of

19........

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A 412 CAP. 4] The Rules of the Supreme Court [1988 Ed. [Subsidiary] No. 32 Order for examination within jurisdiction of witness before trial (O.39 r. 1) (Heading as in cause or matter) On hearing (the solicitors on both sides) and on reading the affidavit of filed herein the............... day of 19........ It is ordered that a witness on behalf of the be examined viva voce on oath or affirmation before a Judge, the Registrar or one of the examiners of the Court (or Esq., the examiner agreed upon or an examiner to be agreed upon), the plaintiff's (or defendant's) solicitor giving to the defendant's (or plaintiff's) solicitor days' notice in writing of the time and place where the examination is to take place (or state the time and place if fixed by the order). And it is ordered that the depositions taken at the examination be filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court, and that office copies thereof may be read and given in evidence on the trial of this cause, saving all just exceptions, without any further proof of the absence of the said witness than the affidavit of the solicitor of the party using the same, as to his belief, and that the costs of this application (and of the examination) be (costs in the cause). Dated the day of 19........
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A 412 CAP. 4] The Rules of the Supreme Court [1988 Ed. [Subsidiary] No. 32 Order for examination within jurisdiction of witness before trial (0.39 r. 1) (Heading as în cause or matter) On hearing (the solicitors on both sides) and on reading the affidavit of filed herein the............... day of 19........ It is ordered that a witness on behalf of the be examined viva voce on oath or affirmation before a Judge, the Registrar or one of the examiners of the Court (or Esq., the examiner agreed upon or an examiner to be agreed upon), the plaintiff's (or defendant's) solicitor giving to the defendant's (or plaintiff's) solicitor days' notice in writing of the time and place where the examination is to take place (or state the time and place if fixed by the order). And it is ordered that the depositions taken at the examination be filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court, and that office copies thereof may be read and given in evidence on the trial of this cause, saving all just exceptions, without any further proof of the absence of the said witness than the affidavit of the solicitor of the party using the same, as to his belief, and that the costs of this application (and of the examination) be (costs in the cause). Dated the day of 19........ !
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A 412

CAP. 4]

The Rules of the Supreme Court

[1988 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

No. 32

Order for examination within jurisdiction of witness before trial

(0.39 r. 1)

(Heading as în cause or matter)

On hearing (the solicitors on both sides) and on reading the affidavit of

filed herein the............... day of

19........

It is ordered that

a witness on behalf of the

be examined viva voce on oath or affirmation before a

Judge, the Registrar or one of the examiners of the Court (or

Esq., the examiner agreed upon or an examiner to be agreed upon), the plaintiff's (or

defendant's) solicitor giving to the defendant's (or plaintiff's) solicitor

days' notice in writing of the time and place where the examination is to take place (or

state the time and place if fixed by the order). And it is ordered that the depositions

taken at the examination be filed in the Registry of the Supreme Court, and that office

copies thereof may be read and given in evidence on the trial of this cause, saving all

just exceptions, without any further proof of the absence of the said witness than the

affidavit of the solicitor of the party using the same, as to his belief, and that the costs

of this application (and of the examination) be (costs in the cause).

Dated the

day of

19........

!

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