CA CSR Misc Terms

Transcript Reimbursement Fund starting amount each fiscal year

$300,000

Chose in action

Right to property but not the property itself

How many jurors serve on a grand jury?

No more than 23

b.i.d.

Twice a day

Prima facie

On the face of it, at first sight

Evidence Code 776

Hostile witness, may ask leading questions

Cases requiring daily transcript production

Capital offense or death penalty

BPC 144

Fingerprints for obtaining a license

How many copies of a transcript are filed in death penalty cases?

Original and 5

Penal Code 1538.5

Motion to suppress evidence or return of property

How many judges must agree to a decision in the appellate department in the superior court?

2 judges

Small claims court usually has jurisdiction over cases not exceeding what amount?

$5,000

How many judges are in the superior court appeals department?

3 judges

Fee for first copy, not buying original

20 cents

Fee for additional copy, not buying original

15 cents

Who pays the reporter in a criminal trial?

The county

Who does the reporter deliver the copies of a preliminary hearing transcript to?

The clerk

When is a sequential list of reporters made available?

During trial

Motion requiring the personal appearance of attorneys

Motion in limine

Who pays the pro tem reporter?

The appellant

These two things need not be included in the deposition notice

Deposition officer's name and address

Animus furandi

Intention to steal

Name of the defendant's answer that admits the allegations but introduces new facts that prove they aren't liable

Affirmative defense

If a losing party doesn't pay the winning party as ordered by the court, what is used to enforce a judgment for payment?

Writ of execution

Term for when a state governor may change a prisoner's sentence to something less severe

Commutation of sentence

Each federal judicial district has this many US courts of appeals

One

What the court has jurisdiction over in a quasi in rem action

Defendant's property

Ad hoc

When necessary, for a special purpose

A judicially decided controversy

Res judicata

An order from a higher court to a lower court to deliver its records for review

Writ of certiorari

Synonym for exemplary damages

Punitive damages

What is a caption

The official lawsuit name, with the names of all parties

This reporter information must appear on the cover page and certificate page of every transcript

CSR license number

How many additional transcript copies are produced in a Workers' Comp case

Original and 2

This court has jurisdiction over probate

Superior court

In what court does a reporter not need a license to work?

State hearing reporter

California Rules of Court 8.616

Extension for death penalty appeal

A mensa et thoro

Legal separation

Abjure

Renounce under oath

A case that references another case talked about

Shepardizing

A letter making transcript changes is mailed to whom by the deponent?

The deposition officer

The sealed envelope containing the depo transcript must have this on the outside

TItle of the action

If a witness subpoenaed in a depo refuses to be sworn, to answer a question, or to sign a transcript, the deputy of the officer is to report the refusal to whom?

Clerk of the court

Upon request, what must be sent to the Franchise Tax Board by the CRB?

Expiration date of license

There is a superior court with one or more judges in each

County

Synonym for disclosure depo

Deposition in aid of execution

A hearing where a person accused of a crime is brought before the court to enter a plea to charges in the counts of an indictment

Arraignment

Sua sponte

Of itself

Writ

Written order of the court