Pennsylvania Statutes
§ 5972 — Definitions
Pennsylvania·Title 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE·Part PART VI·Ch. 59 DEPOSITIONS AND WITNESSES·Subch. RENDITION OF PRISONERS AS WITNESSES
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
"Penal institution."Includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction, correctional institution or other place of penal detention.
"Witness."A person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and whose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or investigation by a grand jury or in any criminal proceeding before a court.
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