4 chapters · 25 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 14-301 Parties and other interested persons generally
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Except as otherwise provided by law, a person is not incompetent to testify in a civil action or proceeding by reason of his being a party thereto or interested in the result thereof. If otherwise competent to testify, he is competent to give evidence on his own behalf and compet…
D.C. Code § 14-302 Testimony against deceased or incapable person
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(a) In a civil action against: (1) a person who, from any cause, is legally incapable of testifying, or (2) the committee, trustee, executor, administrator, heir, legatee, devisee, assignee, or other representative of a deceased person or of a person so incapable of testifying, a…
D.C. Code § 14-303 Testimony of deceased or incapable person
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When a party, after having testified at a time while he was competent to do so, dies or becomes incapable of testifying, his testimony may be given in evidence in any trial or hearing in relation to the same subject-matter between the same parties or their legal representatives, …
D.C. Code § 14-304 Death or incapacity of partner or other interested person
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Where any of the original parties to a contract or transaction which is the subject of investigation are partners or other joint contractors, or jointly entitled or liable, and some of them have died or become incapable of testifying, any others with whom the contract or transact…