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CVR - Gen CR Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| antitrust laws | federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints, 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 |
| certificate question | a question extracted from a deposition and transcribed by the reporter to be taken to a judge having jurisdiction in the matter for a ruling |
| confidentiality | professional responsibility of reporter to not disclose testimony to others; confidentiality extends to scopists, transcribers, and office staff |
| 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 confirm 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; many states pattern their rules pertaining to depositions after this rule |
| 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 testifies through an interpreter following an oath administered to the interpreter that he or she will truthfully interpret the testimony for the witness |
| litigation support services | extra services an individual reporter or agency offers clients, including instant viewing, ASCII disk, keyword indexing, condensed transcript, print options, and realtime |
| oath | a form of attestation by which a person calls upon his god to witness the truth of his testimony, called affirmation when all reference to god is omitted; also referring to as swearing the witness |
| off the record | during a deposition, a discussion held by attorneys which is not reported; requires the agreement of all attorneys present |
| official reporter | a reporter who works in a courtroom 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, having 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 temporarily hold back certain documents or information, or to protect a person from harassent or service of process, also used when interrogatories or requests for production are burdensome |
| readback | noun - the testimony read back by a reporter following an objection, when a question needs to be rephrased, or following a bried recess in the proceeding |
| read back | verb - a reporter may be requested to read back portions of testimony following an objection, when a question needs to be rephrased, or following a recess in the proceedings |
| reporter's worksheet | a preprinted form that is filled in at the time of the proceeding or from the reporter’s notes which includes date, time, and location of the proceeding, appearances, exhibits, and witnesses |
| rough draft transcript | a transcript which is not fully edited and may contain errors; does not include a title page, appearance page, or certificate page, but should contain a disclaimer and header or footer stating that it is a rough draft |
| style of the deposition | the title or style of the case 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 | examination by attorneys of prospective jurors with regard to qualifications, lack of prejudice, and general knowledge and understanding; at depositions or at trial, examination by attorneys of an expert witness with regard to qualifications as an expert |
| witness setup | the proper transcription of the name of a witness as it appears within the transcript, referring to the information that appears between the time a witness is called and when he or she begins testimony; |
| poop sheet | another name for reporter's worksheet |
| dope sheet | another name for reporter's worksheet |
| control sheet | another name for reporter's worksheet |
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