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The deponent need not give a reason or an explanation for each change he or she makes to his or her deposition transcript.

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If the parties to an arbitration engage in discovery, paralegals may conduct the discovery, but they may not take depositions.

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Depositions may be used at trial:

The rules governing oral deposition make the scope of permissible inquiry in discovery depositions:

A party who notices a witness's deposition must serve the notice of deposition upon all other parties.

The court reporter makes a verbatim record of the entire proceeding at an oral deposition.

No subpoena is necessary when a party serves a notice for taking deposition of another party.

What changes may a deponent make in the deposition transcript by preparing a correction page provided by the court reporter?

The deponent may correct any errors in his or her testimony whether the errors are of or .

Lawyers often need deposition to abstract the essential information obtained through the deposition.

Federal Rules require the notice of taking deposition to specify how the testimony will be recorded.

In a deposition, objections to the form of the questions must be made during the course of the deposition; otherwise, the objections are .

List four reasons for taking a person's oral deposition that cannot be accom- plished by using interrogatories.

The notice for taking the non-party's deposition should be signed by:

What may a party do if the designated time and place in a notice of taking deposition are inconvenient for a party?

A lawyer or paralegal would likely make an to show that a deponent is not available to testify at trial, thereby making the deposition transcript admissible in lieu thereof.

Can the deponent's original answers have any role in the trial even though the answers were duly changed as authorized by the court's rules?

How much notice must a party give for taking a witness's deposition?

The oral deposition is the discovery procedure that permits one to obtain the most detailed information from an adverse party or witness.

Proof of service of a subpoena need not specifically state: