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main file

A file that is used as the authority in a given job

brief

formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence NOTE: Briefs are filed … main points with supporting precedents and evidence NOTE: Briefs are filed either by a party or an amicus curiae with a

pleading

under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and in a majority of states, although complex cases often require substantial detail in … a defendant's defense amended pleading : a pleading that is filed to replace an original pleading and that contains matters omitted

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Arrangements between debtors and creditors

letter received not later than the day before it) a majority in number and three-fourths in value of all the creditors … under the Railway Companies Act, 1867, by schemes of arrangement filed in the Chancery Division of the High Court, assented to

Petition

previous approval of the contents by three justices or the majority of a grand jury, and further, that no petition should

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