commission to examine a witness

commission to examine a witness. A judicial commission directing that a witness beyond the court’s territorial jurisdiction be deposed. • The commission usu. identifies the person to be deposed, when and where the deposition will be taken, and any other information that will help the commissioner to perform. — Also termed commission to take a deposition; commission to take testimony. Cf. LETTER OF REQUEST. [Cases: Pretrial Procedure 96. C.J.S. Discovery §§ 14–15.]

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