Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 20-910a

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

That the transcript of notes of any duly appointed official reporter of the district court of any proceedings taken by such reporter in any court in the state of Kansas, which shall thereafter be transcribed by such reporter, and certified by him to be a true copy of all the evidence of any witness or witnesses examined or other proceedings had in such court, may be introduced in evidence by any party desiring to use the same under like circumstances and with like effect as the deposition of such witness or witnesses, or for any purpose for which the same may be competent.