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| from an attorney to a new client establishing the ground rules of the litigation, including fees, billing rates, retainer, and work to be performed by the law firm. |
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| between an attorney and a client setting forth the fee arrangement |
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| a document by which a claim or right is relinquished. |
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| a signed statement empowering someone (such as a doctor or employer) to give out information that might otherwise be treated as confidential |
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| a document in which the client keeps track of medical treatment, daily health complaints, type and amount of medication, mileage to physician's offices, and other related medical expenses |
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| agent for service of process |
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| individual designated by a corporation who is authorized to be served with a lawsuit against the corporation. |
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| a person authorized (requested or permitted) by another person to act for him or her; a person entrusted with another's business. |
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| the delivery (or its legal equivalent, such as publication in a newspaper in some cases)of a legal paper, such as a writ, by an authorized person in a way that meets certain formal requirements. It is the way to notify a person of a lawsuit. |
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| a question that shows a witness how to answer it or suggests the preferred answer. |
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| physical appearance and behavior, not what the witness says, but how the witness says it. |
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| proof of a fact without the need for other facts leading up to it. |
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| facts that indirectly prove a main fact in question. |
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| a conclusion or inference drawn. |
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| the act of a judge in recognizing the existence or truth of certain facts without bothering to make one side in a lawsuit prove them. This is done when the facts are either common knowledge and undisputed, or are easily found and cannot be disputed. |
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| electronically stored information (ESI) |
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| computer-generated records such as those found in e-mail files, databases, calendaring programs, and all other relevant data files created by spreadsheets, word processing, or any analogous program. |
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| tends to prove or disprove a fact that is important to a claim, charge, or defense in a court case. |
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| testimony about a person's personal traits and habits that is drawn from the opinions of close associates, from the person's reputation in the community, or from the person's past actions. |
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| the way a person usually responds to a particular situation |
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| a statement about what someone else said (or wrote or otherwise communicated). evidence concerning what someone said outside of a court proceeding that is offered in the proceeding to prove the truth of what was said. |
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| a document attached to an item of physical evidence recording the chain of possession (chain of custody) of that piece of evidence. |
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| a person possessing special knowledge or experience who is allowed to testify at a trial not only about facts (like an ordinary witness) but also about the professional conclusions he or she draws from these facts. |
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