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open court

open court 1 : a recorded judicial proceeding that is presided over by a judge and attended by the parties and their attorneys and

procès verbal

procès ver·bals [-bÄ lz] [French, literally, verbal trial] in the civil law of Louisiana : an official written record of a proceeding (as a judicial sale of property)

proceeding

hearing conducted by an administrative body c : a criminal prosecution or investigation 2 pl : an official record of things done or said

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pro hac vice

vice [Latin] : for this occasion [a motion to admit the attorney pro hac vice as counsel of record "Huff v. State, 622 So. 2d 982 (1993)"] used esp. when an out-of-state attorney is allowed to practice

preserve

H. Williamson"] b : to maintain for use or consideration at a later time esp. by keeping a record of [deposed the witness to her testimony] [a party has the option of preserving the objection raised "J.

present recollection refreshed

and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered called also present recollection revived compare past recollection recorded

praecipe

does not require immediate judicial review, such as the issuing of a subpoena or the preparing of a record for appellate review. When addressed to a judge, as for jury instructions in some jurisdictions, a praecipe is

posting

from a book or file of original entry to the proper account in a ledger ;also : the record produced by such a transfer 2 : the actual crediting or debiting of an account (as in payment

possession

possession : possession (as in adverse possession) that is antagonistic to the claims of all others (as a record owner) and that is carried out with the intention to possess the property exclusively notorious possession : possession

polygraph

polygraph : an instrument that records physiological pulsations ;esp : lie detector poly·graph·ic [pÄ -lē-gra-fik] adj

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