Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Evidence
  4. Securing Attendance of Witnesses and Production and Preservation of Evidence
  5. Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
  6. Definitions

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As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than this state.
  2. "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction.
  3. "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
  4. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Native American tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
  5. "Subpoena" means a document, however denominated, issued under authority of a court of record requiring a person to:
    1. Attend and give testimony at a deposition;
    2. Produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or tangible things in the possession, custody, or control of such person; or
    3. Permit inspection of premises under the control of such person.

(Code 1981, §24-13-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 651, § 2-1/HB 46.)


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