The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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EXAMINATION
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1642)
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§ 1642. Impeachment of own witness
When, in the opinion of the court, a witness produced by a party is adverse, such
party, by leave of court, may prove that such witness has made statements inconsistent
with his or her testimony. Before such proof is given, the attention of the witness
shall be called to the occasion of such supposed statements and he or she be asked
whether or not he or she has made the same.