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secretary

secretary pl: -tar·ies often cap 1 : an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors' and stockholders' meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company's interests 2

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

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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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)

proper

and justice [argued that the shareholder was acting in bad faith and lacked a purpose for examining its records] prop·er·ly adv

public

the service of the community or nation [holding office] d : provided for, used by, or containing the records of a government agency [the post office and other buildings] 3 : of or relating to people in

recognizance

Old French reconoisance, from reconoistre to recognize, from Latin recognoscere] 1 : an obligation entered into on the record before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as the paying of a debt) usually

remittitur

portion of a verdict considered excessive compare additur 2 : a sending back of a case and its record from an appellate or superior court to a trial or inferior court for further proceedings (as additional findings

reporter

which such reports are reproduced see also citation compare advance sheet b : one who makes a shorthand record of a speech or proceeding ;specif : court reporter

rule of completeness

:a rule permitting a party to require introduction of the rest of or more of a document or recorded statement that is being used as evidence by the opposing party NOTE: The rule of completeness applies when

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