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Deposition testimony
show · educate · routeSworn testimony taken before trial — with its own use-at-trial rule and a former-testimony route in the hearsay sections.
What this type commonly supports
- Prior sworn accounts — for impeachment, and substantively where the rules allow
How the gates bear on it
Use at trial
Rule 1.330 states when depositions may be used and against whom — the rule text, loaded whole, is the governing word.
Hearsay
The former-testimony route in § 90.804 has its own conditions when a witness is unavailable.
The governing units, loaded whole
The recurring failure modes
- Reading a deposition against a party who was not noticed
- Impeachment pages with no context designation
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