A digest reorganizes deposition testimony by topic, gathering all testimony on each subject with page and line citations. It differs from a page-line summary that follows the transcript sequentially.
Digests are used for trial preparation and motion drafting.
Alternative Names:
Depo Digest, Transcript Digest
Why it Matters?
Topical organization is what makes a digest useful for cross-examination preparation, since testimony on a single subject is typically scattered across a long transcript. The tradeoff is verification difficulty, because reorganized content is harder to check against the source than a sequential summary. Retaining page and line citations on every entry is what preserves the ability to verify.
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How does a digest differ from a summary?
Why retain line citations?
