Terms Used In Missouri Laws 492.080

  • 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.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Any party to a suit pending in any court in this state may obtain the deposition of any witness, to be used in such suit, conditionally.