Practice question
A party takes another person's deposition to discover relevant testimony. Does taking it alone make the deponent that party's own witness for every purpose?
- Yes, automatically and irrevocably.
- No; Section 7 expressly rejects that consequence merely from taking the deposition.
- Yes, even if no testimony is used.
- Yes, only because a transcript exists.
- Yes, whenever the deponent is older than the lawyer.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Current Rule 23, Sections 1, 4, 7, 15 and 17.
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