Exam 9: Depositions

An amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure limits the amount of time that can be spent on a single deposition to a single day and a maximum of seven hours.

The individual who places a deponent under oath is ________.

The attorney may not ask the deponent questions that could reasonably lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

To make sure that most time limits end on a weekday, the discovery time periods were altered to include only multiples of ________.

Mitchell is the deponent.

Mitchell cannot be required to travel more than 30 miles for the deposition.

The written copy of a deposition is known as a(n) ________.

A paralegal may not be asked to perform which of the following tasks at deposition?

An attorney is permitted to ask the deponent questions in a deposition that could not be asked at trial because these questions seek evidence that is not admissible.

A person who gives a deposition is known as a(n) ________.

A party may not be required to bring documents to his or her deposition.

The Federal Rules require that formal notice of a deposition be given to the deponent and to each party.

The attorney who asks questions during a deposition is said to be ________ the deposition.

A subpoena, an official document commanding a person to be present at a deposition, is issued by ________.

An individual who places the person giving a deposition under oath is known as a(n) ________.

The person placing Mitchell under oath is Stein.

When an attorney's client is being questioned during a deposition, that attorney is said to be ________ the deposition.

In federal court, the use of depositions is regulated by Rules ________ of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

A deposition at which the person giving the deposition is actually present is known as a(n) ________ deposition.

Residents of a district can be subpoenaed to appear at a deposition in the county where they reside, work, or transact business.