legal filings
Official court paperwork
Legal filings are documents formally submitted to a court or government agency as part of a legal proceeding.
The term covers complaints, motions, briefs, and other paperwork that become part of the official record: The company's legal filings revealed years of financial irregularities.
In business contexts, legal filings often refer to required documents submitted to regulatory agencies: SEC filings, bankruptcy filings.
- answerSolution to query
- complaintExpression of discontent
- notice of appealFormal request for review
- interrogatoriesFormal discovery questions
- motionChange in position
petition · subpoena · docket · case number · trial date · reply · witness statement · sworn statement · summons · cease and desist · court order · affidavit · brief · class action · criminal indictment · preliminary hearing · settlement agreement · writ
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, files
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- court administrationclerks, court clerks, docket, dockets, docketing
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
- legal proceedingstrial, verdict, lawsuit, testimony, plea
legal filingstext messages
Short mobile communications
informal letters · personal letters · private messages · chitchat · emails
legal filingsprivate correspondence
Confidential written communication
personal journals · diary entries · love letters · family letters · blog posts
legal filingsthank-you notes
Written acknowledgments of kindness
holiday cards · fan mail · pen pal letters · postcards · chat messages