§ 30.224 May a judge compel a witness to appear and testify at a hearing or deposition?
§ 30.225 Must testimony in a probate proceeding be under oath or affirmation?
§ 30.226 Is a record made of formal probate hearings?
§ 30.227 What evidence is admissible at a probate hearing?
§ 30.228 Is testimony required for self-proved wills, codicils, or revocations?
§ 30.229 When will testimony be required for approval of a will, codicil, or revocation?
§ 30.230 Who pays witnesses’ costs?
§ 30.231 May a judge schedule a supplemental hearing?
§ 30.232 What will the official record of the probate case contain?
§ 30.233 What will the judge do with the original record?
§ 30.234 What happens if a hearing transcript has not been prepared?

Terms Used In CFR > Title 43 > Subtitle A > Part 30 > Subpart J > Hearings

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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.
  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • 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.