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Depose refers to the act of questioning a�deponent�under oath, either a witness or a party to a lawsuit, at a�deposition. Deposing occurs during the pre-trial�discovery�process.�Rule 30�and�Rule 31�of the�Federal Rules of Civil Procedure�govern how to depose a person by oral examination and by written questions, respectively. However, parties in a suit typically opt to serve another party with�interrogatories�under�Rule 33�instead of invoking Rule 31 to depose a person with written questions. Requiring a deposed witness to write down answers to questions can produce less useful answers than interrogatories do, as the latter are easier to follow up on and answers to interrogatories are generally more detailed than deposition questions.

See e.g.;�Thomas v. Benedictine Hosp. 745 N.Y.S.2d 606 (2004);�Contractors' State License Bd. v. Superior Court , 23 Cal.App.5th 125, 232 Cal. Rptr. 3d 558 (2018)