If the adverse party resides out of the state, or more than twenty miles from the place of caption, or from the party proposing to take the deposition, a like notice, given to the agent or attorney of such adverse party or left at his abode, shall be sufficient.
RSA 517:5
RS 188:16. CS 200:16. GS 210:4. GL 229:4. PS 225:5. PL 337 :5. RL 393:5.