[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 22CFR92.53]

[Page 368]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 92_NOTARIAL AND RELATED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  92.53  ``Commission to take depositions'' defined.

    A commission to take depositions is a written authority issued by a 
court of justice, or by a quasi-judicial body, or a body acting in such 
capacity, giving power to take the testimony of witnesses who cannot 
appear personally to be examined in the court or before the body issuing 
the commission. In Federal practice, a commission to take depositions is 
issued only when necessary or convenient, on application and notice. The 
commission indicates the action or hearing in which the depositions are 
intended to be used, and the person or persons required to take the 
depositions, usually by name or descriptive title (see Sec.  92.55 for 
manner of designating notarizing officers). Normally a commission is 
accompanied by detailed instructions for its execution.

[22 FR 10858, Dec. 27, 1957, as amended at 60 FR 51723, Oct. 3, 1995]