IN PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM

in perpetuam rei memoriam (in p[schwa]r-pech-oo-[schwa]m [or p[schwa]r-pe-tyoo-[schwa]m] ree-I m[schwa]-mor-ee-[schwa]m), adv. [Latin] In perpetual memory of a matter. • This phrase refers to a deposition taken to preserve the deponent’s testimony. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1291; Pretrial Procedure 61. C.J.S. Pretrial Procedure§§ 1, 3–4, 9.]