court filings
Lawsuit paperwork submitted
Court filings are documents formally submitted to a court as part of legal proceedings—complaints, motions, briefs, and other papers that become part of the official record.
The term often appears in news coverage of lawsuits: According to court filings, the company knew about the defect for years.
Filing can be a verb too: The attorneys are filing a motion to dismiss.
- answerSolution to query
- motion to dismissRequest court end case
- complaintExpression of discontent
- petitionFormal written appeal
- counterclaimDefendant's opposing lawsuit
affidavit · sworn statement · summons · motion · summary judgment · brief · pleading · legal brief · appeal · certiorari · defendant · docket · case number · discovery · clerk · memorandum · pro se · attorney
- legal practicelawyer, attorney, litigation, legal research, counsel
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- clerks officedocket, record keeping, administrative duties, case numbers, public records
- court recordscase files, case file, sworn testimony, trial transcript, judgments
formality and legal status
court filingsinformal letters
Relaxed written communication
text messages · emails · handwritten notes · oral communication · handshake deals