courtroom proceedings
Legal case activities
Courtroom proceedings are the formal activities that take place in a court of law—hearings, trials, motions, arraignments, sentencing.
The phrase emphasizes the official, procedural nature of what happens before a judge: The courtroom proceedings were delayed by a bomb threat.
Legal transcripts record courtroom proceedings verbatim.
- exhibitsDisplays for viewing
- affidavitsSworn written legal statements
- opening statementsInitial courtroom presentations
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
judge · ruling · arraignment · voir dire · transcripts · cross-examination · verdict · guilty verdict · bailiff · jury · motions · deliberations · hung jury · prosecutor · objections · sentencing · expert witness · forensic evidence
- civil litigationlawsuits, plaintiffs, defendants, verdicts, judgments
- court recordscase files, case file, sworn testimony, filing date, trial transcript
- legal recordsjudicial records, rulings, judgments, opinions, case files
- Public Defensepublic defender, defense attorney, defense counsel, right to counsel, public defender office
- Scottish courtssheriff, criminal jurisdiction, small claims, not proven, interlocutor
courtroom proceedingsbackroom deals
Secret unofficial negotiations
under-the-table deals · out-of-court settlement · informal settlement · gentleman's agreements · side deals
courtroom proceedingsnon-disclosure agreements
Contracts requiring secrecy
courtroom proceedingsmediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
vigilante justice · mob justice · negotiated settlement · arbitration · mutual agreement
court, courts, courting, courted, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy, courteous