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Power to deliver written Interrogatories to opposite Party.
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LVI. In all Causes in any of the Superior Courts, by Order of the Court or a Judge, the Plaintiff may, with the Writ of Summons and Plaint, and the Defendant may, with the Appearance and Defence, or either of them, by Leave of the Court or a Judge, may, at any other Time, deliver to the opposite Party or his Attorney (provided such Party, if not a Body Corporate, would be liable to be called and examined as a Witness upon such Matter) Interrogatories in Writing upon any Matter as to which Discovery may be sought, and require such Party, or in the Case of a Body Corporate any of the Officers of such Body Corporate, within Ten Days, to answer the Questions in Writing by Affidavit, to be sworn and filed in the ordinary Way; and any Party or Officer omitting, without just Cause, sufficiently to answer all Questions as to which a Discovery may be sought within the above Time, or such extended Time as the Court or a Judge shall allow, shall be deemed to have committed a Contempt of the Court, and shall be liable to be proceeded against accordingly.
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