If, upon hearing the parties who appear, the court finds that there is sufficient cause for taking the deposition, it shall issue a commission therefor in like manner as for taking a deposition to be used in a cause pending in the same court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 55
Issuance of commission
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