deponents in a sentence
Examples
- However, Latin grammarians attested five voices for Latin : " active, passive, neuter, deponent and common ".
- But not oral sex, " if performed on the deponent, " he said, using the legal term to refer to himself.
- It's nonresponsive as to the entire answer up to the point where the deponent said, " Now back to your question ."
- Many deponent verbs in Latin ( ie verbs passive in form but active in meaning ) are survivals of the Proto-Indo-European middle voice.
- Apart from calling the deponents of the affidavits to give oral evidence, the court may also order that any other person be called as a witness.
- The attorney who has ordered the deposition begins questioning of the deponent ( this is referred to as " direct examination " or " direct " for short ).
- Deponent verbs use active conjugations for tenses that do not exist in the passive : the gerund, the supine, the present and future participles and the future infinitive.
- She ruled, on November 13, 1992, that the Inquiry was unconstitutional, because she viewed it as a criminal investigation that would force deponents to incriminate themselves.
- Levett, according to testimony, had " clapt his Hand upon the Deponent's Mouth, " and the Clerk " Blubbered " to the bemusement of the congregation.
- Deposition of the opposite party is often used to produce self-incriminating statements from the deponent, also document identification questions can make exhibits admissible for hearings and summary judgment motions.