Perpetuating Testimony
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The act by which testimony is reduced to writing as prescribed by law, so that the same shall be read in evidence in some suit or legal proceedings to be thereafter instituted. The origin of this practice may be traced to the canon law, cap. 5, X, ut life non conteatata, etc.
8 Toullier, n. 22.
Statutes exist in most of the states for this purpose. Equity also furnishes means, to a limited extent, for the same purpose. See Bill no Perpetuate Testimony; In Pebpetxjam Rei Memoriam.