court record
Official proceeding notes
A court record is the official documentation of legal proceedings—filings, motions, transcripts, judgments, and orders maintained by a court.
Court records are generally public unless sealed by a judge: The divorce became tabloid fodder once reporters pulled the court records.
Attorneys and journalists routinely search court records for evidence of past litigation or criminal history.
- trial transcriptWritten record of proceedings
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- docketCourt's case schedule
- case numberUnique file identifier
- filingStoring documents systematically
subpoena · verdict · testimony · deposition · affidavit · exhibit · judgment · stenographer · minutes · proceedings · case file · plea · indictment · motion · legal brief · brief · sworn statement · ruling
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- historical recordsdiary, annual reviews, letter, census data, census returns
- historieschronicle, annals, historical account, historical narrative, history book
- life recordsautobiography, biography, birth certificate, death certificate, genealogy
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
court recordhearsay
Unverified secondhand information
rumor · gossip · speculation · conjecture · inadmissible evidence
court recordoff-the-books
Unrecorded for tax purposes
personal diary · oral tradition · verbal agreement · word of mouth · casual conversation
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