在审理涉外民商事案件时经常会遇到需要从国外提取证人证言、证件或其它证据的情况。各国在对待外国在本国境内调查取证问题上所持的态度都不尽相同。本文拟就在美国境内调查取证时根据美国法律规定可能采取的方式作些介绍和探讨。 纵观美国在这方面的立法和司法实践,外国法院可以通过如下方式在美国境内提取与案件有关的证据。 When hearing foreign-related civil and commercial cases, they often encounter the need to extract witness testimony, documents or other evidence from abroad. All countries hold different attitudes towards the investigation and evidence collection of foreigners in their own countries. This article is intended to provide some introduction and discussion on the possible ways of investigating and obtaining evidence in the United States according to the provisions of the U.S. law. Looking at the U.S. legislation and judicial practice in this area, foreign courts can extract evidence related to the case in the United States as follows.