Kenneth G. Langone, the former chairman of the compensation committee who was named along with the exchange in Mr. Spitzer's suit, has been making calls to former directors telling them that his lawyers will be deposing them in the coming months and that it is "nothing personal."

Seeking to have the deed declared null and void, Ms. Rock's lawyer eventually deposed the man whose name appeared on the deed, Luis DeArmas.

The company's lawyers deposed the Millers' pastor and grief counselor, and subpoenaed the handwritten journal that Cheryl kept after her son's suicide as well as their daughter Jenny's diary.

But Mr. Bucklin said that Mr. Smith told a different story when lawyers with the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee deposed him for more than six hours on Friday.

Home Depot's lawyers deposed him from 11:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. one day last month.

In the course of an ordinary civil case, particularly one involving employment disputes, lawyers for both sides typically depose witnesses for both sides.

(2) On January 17, 1998, Ms. Jones's lawyers deposed President Clinton under oath with Judge Wright present and presiding over the deposition.

During the suit, his lawyers deposed Mr. Barnes, who described under oath what he later said was his effort to get Mr. Bush into the National Guard to avoid service in Vietnam.

Reyes's lawyer has already deposed me," Pennington said, "and Captain Desai won't want me anywhere near the trial.