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CR Terminology
General Court Reporting Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antritust laws | federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restrains, prior discriminations, price fixing, and monopolies |
| bench conference | a conversation held by attorneys with a judge out of the hearing of the jury, may also be called a sidebar |
| certificate page | the last page to appear within a transcript, dated and signed by the court reporter who took the matter, attesting that the transcript is true and accurate |
| certified question | a question extraced from a deposition and transcribed by the reporter to be taken to a judge havingt jurisdiction in the matter for a ruling |
| confidentiality | professional responsibility of reporter to neot disclose testimony to others; confidentiality extends to scopists, transcribers, and office staff |
| elements of transcript | title, index, stipulations, body, exhibits, certificate |
| errata page | a page separate from the transcript upon which a deponent is permitted to correct any errors he or she claims are present in a transcript |
| exhibit | material items of physical evidence introduced by attorneys to corroborate and conform oral testimony or to introduce new evidence, which are marked for identification so they can be discussed |
| Federal Rule 30 | a portion of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which defines matters pertinent to the taking of depositions |
| freelance reporter | self-employed reporter or one who works for an agency to report depositions and other proceedings as a subcontractor |
| impartiality | professional responsibility of reporter to be fair and unbiased to each participant in a proceeding and to be alert to and disclose any potential conflict of interest |
| interpreted proceedings | proceedings in which a non-English speaking witness tersifies through an interpreter follwoing an oath administer to the interpreter that he or she will truly interpret the testimony for the witness |
| litigation support services | extra services an individual reporter or agency offers clients, including instant viewing, ASCII disk, keywork indexing, condensed transcript, and print options |
| oath | a form of attestation by which a person calls upon his god to witness truth of his testimony, called affirmation when all reference to god is omitted; also referred to as swearing the witness |
| off the record | during a deposition, a discussion held by attorneys which is not reported; requires agremeent of all attorneys present |
| official reporter | a reporter who works in a courtoom setting or does reporting for governmental agencies |
| parenthetical notation | an expression or statement added to a transcript by the reporter to explain non-verbal situations or movements which occur during a proceeding |
| professionalism | having high standards in one's career, the ability to work with great skill, and treating all persons in a fair, impartial, and unbiased manner |
| protective order | an order issued by a court to permit one party to temporarlity hold back certain documents or information or to protect a person from harassment or service of process, may also be used when interrogatores or requests for production are oppresive/burdensom |
| readback | when a court reporter is requested to read back what was just said |
| reporter's worksheet | court reporters information sheet that has all the notes taken by the reporter |
| rought draft transcript | a transcript which is not fully edited and may contain errors |
| style of the deposition | the title or style of the cse includes the names of the parties, the venue of the matter, and the case number may also be called the caption or the heading |
| voir dire | attorney examination of potential jurors |
| witness setup | proper transcription of the namne of a witness as it appears within the transcript and the oath taken by the witness |
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