Common Terms Test 2

Certified Shorthand Reporter

Registered Professional Reporter

National Court Reporters Association

A method of payment for services rendered

Per Day

Are held before a trial begins to decrease the backlog of cases through settlement.

(court reporter is regularly assigned to these)

A case that is legally sufficient to proceed.

Agreement between counsel.

(court reporter must record stipulations and transcribe for the record)

A request for more time for a specific reason

An order to set time, place and date of trial and charges all parties with the responsibility to be present at the trial.

Held to determine whether enough evidence is available to hold the accused person for trial.

(Jury is never present during a preliminary hearing)

Like a preliminary hearing, but no one has been arrested. No defendant. Held in secret, behind closed doors.

One-sided

consists of 23 jurors

The person filing the lawsuit. Sometimes known as the petitioner

The party defending himself. sometimes known as the respondent.

100 words

A legal proceeding in which the person accused of a crime is brought before the Court to enter a plea.

No contest. The defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.