When someone is brought in to testify in court, another party can say that person should not be allowed to testify. A judge decides if that person is allowed. Before anyone testifies, they must swear or promise to tell the truth.
491.380. of es, how determined — of witnesses. — 1. If a witness, on being produced, shall be objected to as , such objection shall be tried and determined by the .
2. Every person offered as a witness, before any shall be given by him, shall be duly , or , that the he shall give relating to the between ______, , and ______, , shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
(RSMo 1939 § 2658, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 94)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2272; 1919 § 2822; 1909 § 7499
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