Section 491.380 Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses.

MO Rev Stat § 491.380 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1945

491.380. Competency of witnesses, how determined — oath of witnesses. — 1. If a witness, on being produced, shall be objected to as incompetent, such objection shall be tried and determined by the associate circuit judge.

2. Every person offered as a witness, before any testimony shall be given by him, shall be duly sworn, or affirmed, that the evidence he shall give relating to the matter in issue between ______, plaintiff, and ______, defendant, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

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(RSMo 1939 § 2658, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 94)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2272; 1919 § 2822; 1909 § 7499