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Steno Briefs: Courtroom Terms
| Courtroom Terms* | |
| Agenda | JAEND |
| Aggravated assault | GRAULT |
| Aggravated sexual assault | SGRAULT |
| Bench warrant | BARNT |
| Blackmail | BLAIL |
| Bona fide | B-FD |
| Can you tell me | KUMT |
| Can you tell me in your own words | KMOURDZ |
| Challenge for cause | KHAUZ |
| Constitutional | NEL, SKOURBL |
| Constitutional rights | NEL/RAOITS, STURTS |
| County jail | KAIL |
| Defendant's Exhibit | DOIB |
| Defendant's Exhibit Number | DOIN |
| Dissolution | SDLAOGS |
| Direct your attention | DREN, DRURT |
| Emancipation | PAIGS |
| Fair and accurate | FRAKT |
| Fair and impartial | FAIP |
| Federal Rules | FRAOULZ |
| Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | FRAOULZ/SIP |
| Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure | FRAOULZ/KRIP |
| Felon in possession | FLOEPBGS |
| Felon in possession of a firearm (watch for fire alarm conflict) | FLARM |
| Gentlemen of the jury | J-J |
| Green Leafy Substance | GR-FS |
| Guardian | GUARN |
| Guideline | GLAOIN |
| Harass | H-R |
| Head nods parenthetical | NOD/NOD |
| Head shakes parenthetical | SHAIK/SHAIK |
| In your own words | NOURDZ |
| Incident | NINT |
| Incident occurred | NURD |
| Indecent liberties | *ILS |
| Indecent liberties with a minor | SLA*M |
| Irretrievable | IRT |
| Is there anything further? | STHRIFRT |
| Jury box | JOX, J-RB |
| Jury in parenthetical | JIRN/JIRN |
| Jury out parenthetical | JIRT/JIRT |
| Juryroom | J-RM, JIRM |
| Ladies and gentleman of the jury | JAIRJ |
| Marked for identification | MOID |
| May we approach | MAOEP |
| May I approach | MAOEUP |
| Minor child | MAOIFP |
| Minor children | MAOIFN |
| Modification | MOIFGS |
| No Further Questions | NO-URTS |
| Pass for cause | POK, POK/POK |
| Peremptory challenge | P-K |
| Plea agreement | PLAEMT |
| Plea agreement | PLAOEMT |
| Plea arrangement | PLAING |
| Plea bargain | PLAOEB |
| Plea and sentence | PLAOENS |
| Plea arrangement | PRANG |
| Plea hearing | PLAERG |
| Plaintiff's Exhibit | PLOIB |
| Plaintiff's Exhibit Number | PLOIN |
| Police officer | PLAOFR |
| Police Officer | PLIFR |
| Polygraph | P-G |
| Prison | PRIZ, PRINZ |
| Probation | PROIB |
| Probation officer | PRAUFR, PRAOFR |
| Probation violation | PROIF |
| Probation violation | PROIGS |
| Prospective jurors | POURZ |
| Public defender | POURZ |
| Recidivism | RIFM |
| Representative | REPT |
| Right-of-way | ROIRP, ROF |
| Roadway | ROIRP |
| Sheriff's officer | SHAOFR |
| State's Exhibit | STOIB |
| State's Exhibit Number | STOIN |
| United States | AOUTS |
| Verdict Form | VERM or VERFM |
| Voir Dire | VOIRD |
| Weapon | WEP |
| When you say | WHUS |
| When you see | WHUZ |
| With a minor | WAM |
| Would you raise your right hand | WOUR |
| You know | Y-N |
| ,You know (yes, it is a "J"; spelled out for clarification) | SY-N |
| You know, | Y-NS |
| , you know, ( " ) | SY-NS |