Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 887.18

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • 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.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or figures. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

When an action or proceeding shall have been appealed from one court to another all depositions lawfully taken to be used in the court below may be used in the appellate court; but if any such deposition was offered in the court below, then subject to the same objections for informality or irregularity, and none other, which were duly taken in writing in such court below.