case file
Detective's organized documents
A case file is a collection of documents, records, and evidence relating to a particular matter—typically legal, medical, or investigative.
Lawyers maintain case files on clients, detectives on suspects, social workers on families.
The term emphasizes organized compilation: The detective pulled the case file and spread its contents across her desk.
In digital contexts, case files may be electronic records rather than physical folders.
- dossierFile of personal information
- folderContainer for loose papers
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- evidence lockerSecured storage for case items
- smoking gunIrrefutable proof of wrongdoing
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