To prepare for a trial between Fones, Inc., and G-Bytes Company, G-Bytes’s attorney places Fones’s chief executive officer (CEO) under oath. A court official makes a record of the attorney’s questions and the CEO’s answers. This is
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that what is being described in this scenario is known as a deposition. Like mentioned in the question this is a witness's sworn out-of-court testimony, in which the individual in question or deponent (Fones’s chief executive officer (CEO)) is placed under oath and asked a set of questions which are gathered as part of the discovery process, and may or may not be used at the trial.
