When a person is unavailable to testify at trial, the deposition of that person may be used. Part of the pre-trial discovery (fact-finding) process. The testimony of a witness reduced to writing in due form of law, taken by virtue of a commission or other authority of a competent tribunal.
Location. Description Of Place: The Madison Seminary is an historical four-story red brick and white gabled Federal-style structure in Northeast Ohio. It consists of three wings which were constructed at separate periods in its history and consists of almost a hundred rooms.
James Madison (1751â1836) was born in Virginia and raised on his father's plantation in that state, Montpelier, in Orange County. His parents encouraged his studies, engaging tutors to provide a classical education and sending him to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), where he excelled.