legal record
Official case paperwork
A legal record is an official document or collection of documents that forms part of court proceedings or other legal matters.
It includes filings, transcripts, evidence, and judgments that constitute the formal history of a case: The attorney requested the complete legal record from the trial court.
Legal records are typically preserved as public documents, though some may be sealed by court order.
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- documentWritten or electronic file
- official documentAuthorized written record
- fileStored collection of data
testimony · sworn statement · evidence · deposition · transcript · affidavit · verdict · judgment · subpoena · filing · docket · archive · birth certificate · seal · clerk · witness · sworn · certified
legal recordhearsay
Unverified secondhand information
rumor · gossip · speculation · inadmissible evidence · conjecture
legal recordverbal agreement
Spoken mutual commitment
handshake deal · personal journal · private correspondence · sealed record · oral tradition
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