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...sary to procure the discovery sought. Unless a motion to dismiss the action is filed under Civil Rule 12, the complaint shall be fully and directly answered under oath by the defendant. Upon the final disposition of the action, the costs of the action shall be taxed in the manner the court deems equitable.

...at the adverse party acted either in whole or in part through an agent or employee, such agent or employee of the adverse party may be called as a witness and examined as if under cross-examination upon any matters at issue between the parties which are shown or admitted to have been within the scope of such agent's or employee's authority or employment. The party calling for such examination shall not thereby be co...

...al procedure or course of procedures, unless the physician is an employee of the hospital, home health agency, ambulatory surgical facility, or provider of a hospice care program, pediatric respite care program, or pediatric transition care program. Written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures shall, to the extent that it fulfills all the requirements in divisions (A), (B), and (C) of...

...n have not been satisfied or with a heedless indifference as to whether those conditions have been satisfied is liable in compensatory and exemplary damages in a civil action to any person, or the representative of the estate of any person, who sustains injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the failure to satisfy those conditions. In the civil action, the court additionally may enter any injunct...

...In addition to the requirements in section 2317.56 of the Revised Code, if an obstetric ultrasound examination is performed at any time prior to the performance or inducement of an abortion or the physician performing or inducing the abortion determines that an ultrasound examination will be performed as part of the abortion procedure, the physician shall do both of the following prior to the performance or ind...

...he superintendent of insurance, under rules adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for purposes of implementing this division, determines is licensed to do business in this state and, considering the factors described in division (A)(1)(b)(ii) of this section, is a stable insurance company that issues annuities that are safe and desirable; (ii) In making determinations as described in division (A)(1)(b...

...The testimony of witnesses may be taken: (A) By affidavit; (B) By deposition; (C) By oral examination.

...An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party. A deposition is a written declaration under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party. Oral testimony is that delivered from the lips of the witness.

...An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading, to prove the service of the summons, notice, or other process in an action; or to obtain a provisional remedy, an examination of a witness, a stay of proceedings, or upon a motion, and in any other case permitted by law.

...n authorized to take depositions, and unless it is a verification of a pleading it must be authenticated in the same way as a deposition. Such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths whether an attorney in the case or not.

...Depositions may be taken when the testimony is required in an action, cause, or matter pending before any court or authority outside this state.

...a issued in this state. (E) The Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure and any statutes relating to service of subpoenas and compliance with subpoenas to attend and give testimony, produce designated books, documents, records, electronically stored information, or other tangible things, or to allow inspection of premises shall apply to subpoenas issued under division (C) of this section. (F) An application to the court for ...

...Depositions taken in and to be used in this state must be taken by an officer or person whose authority is derived within the state; but, if for use elsewhere, they may be taken before a commissioner or officer who derives his authority from the state, district, or territory in which they are to be used.

...ersons in other areas of this state. Unless, prior to the taking and certifying of a deposition, the parties who request it agree that the fees or expenses to be charged may exceed the usual and customary fees or expenses charged in the particular community for similar services, such a person shall not charge fees or expenses in connection with the taking and certifying of the deposition that exceed those usual...

...dered appears as a part of the record filed in the appellate court. This section applies to any action or proceeding pending in the courts on October 27, 1949.

... to explain it, and no more, and the whole as briefly as possible.

...The same trial court shall not grant more than one new trial on the weight of the evidence against the same party in the same case, nor shall the same court grant more than one judgment of reversal on the weight of the evidence against the same party in the same case.

...When, with reasonable diligence, the grounds for a new trial could not be discovered before but are discovered after the term at which the journal entry of a final order, judgment, or decree has been approved by the trial court in writing and filed with the clerk of the court for journalization, the application for a new trial may be by petition, filed not later than the second term after the discovery, nor more than...

..., without answer. If the service is complete in vacation, the case shall be heard and summarily decided at the ensuing term, and when completed in term, within twenty days after service. The case shall be placed on the trial docket, and the witnesses examined in open court, or their depositions taken as in other cases.

...In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage, the court may at any stage in the action require the mortgagor and the mortgagee to participate in mediation as the court considers appropriate and may include a stipulation that requires the mortgagor and the mortgagee to appear at the mediation in person.

...losed or a specific lien enforced, a sale of the property, or a transfer of property pursuant to sections 323.28, 323.65 to 323.78, and 5721.19 of the Revised Code, shall be ordered by the court having jurisdiction or the county board of revision with jurisdiction pursuant to section 323.66 of the Revised Code. When the real property to be sold is in one or more tracts, the court may order the officer who mak...

...married. Her property and estate is liable for a judgment against her, but she is entitled to the benefits of all applicable exemptions provided by statute.

...n the judgment, or in a writing to be filed as pleadings in other actions. Such judgment shall authorize the same proceedings for its enforcement as judgments rendered in actions regularly brought and prosecuted. The confession shall operate as a release of errors.

... a judgment based upon such a warrant unless there appears on the instrument evidencing the indebtedness, directly above or below the space or spaces provided for the signatures of the makers, or other person authorizing the confession, in such type size or distinctive marking that it appears more clearly and conspicuously than anything else on the document: "Warning--By signing this paper you give up your right to...

...e is in custody, shall be of no force unless executed in the presence of an attorney expressly named by the person in custody, and signed by him as a witness.