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Rule 207. Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings (1984)

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1. Use of Depositions. At the trial or upon the hearing of a motion or an interlocutory proceeding, any part or all of a deposition, insofar as admissible under the rules of evidence applied as though the witness were then present and testifying, may be used by any person for any purpose against any party who was present or represented at the taking of the deposition or who had reasonable notice thereof.

2. Substitution of parties pursuant to these rules does not affect the right to use depositions previously taken; and, when a suit in a court of the United States or of this or any other state has been dismissed and another suit involving the same subject matter is brought between the same parties or their representatives or successors in interest, all depositions lawfully taken and duly filed in the former suit may be used in the latter as if originally taken therefor.

3. Motion to Suppress. When a deposition shall have been filed in the court and notice given at least one entire day before the day on which the case is called for trial, errors and irregularities in the notice, and errors in the manner in which the testimony is transcribed or the deposition is prepared, signed, certified, sealed, endorsed, transmitted, filed or otherwise dealt with by the deposition officer under Rules 205 and 206 are waived, unless a motion to suppress the deposition or some part thereof is made and notice of the written objections made in the motion is given to every other party before the trial commences.

This is a new rule by order of Dec. 5, 1983, eff. April 1, 1984. Former Rule 207 is incorporated into Rule 204. This rule replaces former Rules 211, 212, and 213.

AMENDMENTS

July 15, 1987, eff. Jan. 1, 1988. Corrected and clarified by order of Dec. 16, 1987, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

Repealed by order of Aug. 4, 1998, and Nov. 9, 1998, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. See Rule 203.1 et seq.