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Restriction as to the reading of Examinations or Depositions without Consent of the Party.
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X. And be it further enacted, That no Examination or Deposition to be taken by virtue of this Act shall be read in Evidence at any Trial without the Consent of the Party against whom the same may be offered, unless it shall appear to the Satisfaction of the Judge that the Examinant or Deponent is beyond the Jurisdiction of the Court, or dead, or unable from permanent Sickness or other permanent Infirmity to attend the Trial; in all or any of which Cases the Examinations and Depositions certified under the Hand of the Commissioners, Master, Prothonotary, or other Person taking the same, shall and may, without Proof of the Signature to such Certificate, be received and read in Evidence saving all just Exceptions.
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