Title
TITLE 20 COURTS (INCLUDES 2019 POCKET PART)
Body
TITLE 20
COURTS
Chapter
1. General Provisions
2. District Court-Jurisdiction and Procedure
3. Supreme Court-Organization and Administration
4. Supreme Court-Powers and Duties Generally
Appendix I-Supreme Court Rules and Procedures
Appendix II-Court Rules for the District Court of Cherokee Nation
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1. Courts may appoint Interpreter
2. Witness qualifications-Oath
3. Cross-examination
4. Non-attendance of witnesses
5. Costs and attorneys fees
? 1. Courts may appoint Interpreter
The several Courts of this Nation shall, whenever the Presiding Judge may deem necessary, appoint and compensate an Interpreter. The Interpreter shall be sworn to accurately interpret to the best of his ability.
? 2. Witness qualifications-Oath
Any person, of whatever religious belief, and of sufficient age and intelligence to comprehend the obligation of an oath, not excluded upon the ground of interest, and not otherwise disqualified by law, may be called as a witness in any suit brought before a Cherokee Nation Court. The following oath shall be administered to each witness when called for examination in any cause or proceeding, before making his statement:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the statement you will make, and the answers you will give, in the matter whereof you are about to be examined, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the best of your knowledge. So help you God."
? 3. Cross-examination
All matters, properly affecting the credibility of any witness who has been examined by one party, shall be allowed to be proven by the opposite party by means of cross-examination or by other witnesses, under the rules established by law or the Supreme Court and found applicable by the Presiding Judge. If no such rule be found applicable, the Presiding Judge shall determine it as justice shall appear to him to require, and shall cau...
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