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| The heading of any pleading, motion, deposition, or legal document. It indicates the names of the parties, the court, a docket or file number, the title of the action, et cetera. |
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| A transcript or portion of a transcript that is non- Q and-A format; instead of Q-and-A each speaker’s name is used for identification (example: The Witness, The Court, Mr. Preston) precedes their speech or comments. Colloquy is used when the deposition, hearing, or proceeding is interrupted by an outside speaker, a outside listener, or statement for the record. Transcribe all speech as colloquy until the next question is asked. |
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| This is a document or item produced and exhibited during a trial, hearing, or deposition. It is marked for identification, numbered, and a copy is enclosed with the transcript. During trials or hearings, exhibits may or may not also be received into evidence by the judge or hearing officer. |
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| Someone or organization initiating or answering a legal action, civil or criminal |
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| This is where an attorney may object to a matter or exhibit during a hearing or proceeding. The objection calls the courts to improper evidence or procedure. Objections and responses appear as colloquy. |
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| Include meetings, interviews, conferences, speeches, and broadcasts. |
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| A formal trial. A hearing may feature multiple witnesses or none at all. Hearings are held in official tribunals, and conventionally presided over by a judge, hearing officer, arbitrator, or someone charged to impartially hear the evidence. Hearings can also be fact finding investigations, arguments, and teleconferences. |
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| The testimony of a witness or party taken by oral questioning, most often taken in a lawyer’s office. The witness who is being deposed is referred to as the DEPONENT. Conventionally no magistrate or judge oversees a deposition. (note: a Virginia divorce deposition requires a corroborating witness.) |
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