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 "content_updated": "2026-10-09",
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   "term": "Appearance fee",
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   "definition": "The charge for the court reporter's time at a deposition or hearing: travel, setup, swearing the witness, taking the record, and managing exhibits. It is usually billed by the half day, full day, or hour, is typically paid by the noticing party, and applies whether or not a transcript is ordered.",
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   "definition": "A private dispute-resolution proceeding in which one or more arbitrators, rather than a judge or jury, hear evidence and issue a decision. Arbitration hearings are often reported by a court reporter so the parties have a verbatim record.",
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   "definition": "A plain-text electronic version of a transcript that can be loaded into litigation-support and transcript-management software. Rough drafts are often delivered as ASCII files.",
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   "id": "caption",
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   "definition": "The heading of a court filing that identifies the court, the parties, and the case number. The caption appears on the title page of a deposition transcript and on the notice of deposition.",
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   "definition": "Communication Access Realtime Translation: realtime stenographic captioning provided as an accommodation for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, displayed on a screen as the words are spoken. CART uses the same skill as realtime court reporting but is a service to a person rather than a record of a proceeding.",
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   "definition": "A court reporter who holds the license or certification required by the state in which they practice. Most states, including Nevada, license court reporters through a board or the courts, and the license is what qualifies the reporter to administer oaths and certify transcripts. In Nevada the title is Certified Court Reporter, abbreviated CCR, and Western Reporting Services staffs its Las Vegas depositions with Nevada CCRs. Requirements vary by state.",
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   "definition": "The official, final transcript of a proceeding, carrying the reporter's signed certificate attesting that it is a true and accurate record. Only a certified transcript is used for filings, motions, impeachment, and trial.",
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   "definition": "A compact print format that places several transcript pages on one sheet, usually with a word index. Useful for motion work and deposition digests; the page and line numbers match the full-size certified transcript.",
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   "id": "counsel",
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   "definition": "The attorney or attorneys representing a party.",
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   "id": "court-reporter",
   "term": "Court reporter",
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   "definition": "A trained professional who creates a verbatim record of depositions, hearings, trials, arbitrations, and other proceedings, administers the oath to witnesses, and produces the certified transcript. Most court reporters write on a stenotype machine; some use voice writing.",
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   "id": "daily-copy",
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   "definition": "Expedited delivery in which each day's testimony in a multi-day deposition or trial is transcribed and delivered before the next session begins.",
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   "id": "deponent",
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   "definition": "The person giving sworn testimony at a deposition. Also called the witness.",
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   "definition": "Sworn, out-of-court testimony given by a witness in response to questions from attorneys, recorded verbatim by a court reporter and often by video. Depositions are a central tool of discovery; the transcript may later be used in motions and at trial.",
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   "id": "digital-reporting",
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   "definition": "A method in which a technician records the proceeding on audio equipment and logs speakers and events, and a transcriptionist later produces the transcript from the recording. It differs from stenographic reporting, where a certified reporter writes the record live. Whether a digital reporter may administer oaths or certify a transcript depends on the jurisdiction.",
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   "id": "discovery",
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   "definition": "The pre-trial phase of a lawsuit in which the parties exchange information and evidence through tools such as depositions, written interrogatories, requests for documents, and subpoenas.",
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   "id": "errata-sheet",
   "term": "Errata sheet",
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   "definition": "The form on which a witness lists corrections to a deposition transcript after reviewing it, with the page and line of each change and the reason for it. The errata sheet is attached to the certified transcript; the original testimony remains part of the record. The review period and the kinds of changes allowed vary by jurisdiction.",
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   "id": "examination-under-oath",
   "term": "Examination under oath",
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   "definition": "Sworn questioning of a policyholder or claimant by an insurer under the terms of an insurance policy, taken down by a court reporter. It resembles a deposition but is a contractual procedure rather than a step in a lawsuit.",
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   "id": "exhibit",
   "term": "Exhibit",
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   "definition": "A document, photograph, or object marked and identified during a deposition or hearing so that it can be referred to on the record. The court reporter marks exhibits with sequential numbers or letters and attaches copies to the transcript.",
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   "id": "expedited-transcript",
   "term": "Expedited transcript",
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    "rush transcript",
    "rush delivery"
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   "definition": "A transcript delivered faster than the firm's standard turnaround, priced as a percentage uplift on the per-page rate that rises as the window shortens. Western Reporting Services sells three tiers: five to seven, three to four, and one to two business days.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#expedited-transcript",
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   "id": "hearing",
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   "definition": "A proceeding before a judge, hearing officer, or arbitrator at which argument or evidence is presented. Hearings are often reported so the parties have a certified record of what was said and ruled.",
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   "id": "instruction-not-to-answer",
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   "definition": "A direction from the witness's attorney not to answer a particular deposition question, generally reserved for protecting a privilege or enforcing a court-ordered limit. The instruction and the question are both recorded so a court can rule on it later if needed.",
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   "id": "interpreter",
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   "definition": "A neutral, sworn professional who renders testimony between English and another language, or between spoken and signed language, during a deposition or hearing. Certification requirements for court interpreters vary by state.",
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   "id": "legal-videographer",
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   "definition": "A technician who video records a deposition according to professional standards, announces when the record goes on and off, and produces the certified video. Video is often synchronized to the written transcript so clips can be played at trial with scrolling text.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#legal-videographer",
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   "id": "litigation-support",
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   "definition": "Services provided to law firms around a proceeding beyond the transcript itself: videography, exhibit management, trial presentation technology, conference rooms, videoconferencing, and document handling.",
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   "id": "notice-of-deposition",
   "term": "Notice of deposition",
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    "noticing party",
    "noticed the deposition"
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   "definition": "The formal document by which one party informs the other parties that it will take a witness's deposition, stating the witness, date, time, place, and method of recording. The party that serves it is the noticing party and typically pays the appearance fee and orders the original transcript.",
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   "id": "oath",
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   "definition": "The formal promise to tell the truth, administered to the witness at the start of a deposition or hearing by the court reporter or another authorized officer. Testimony given under oath carries the same penalties for falsehood as testimony in court.",
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   "id": "objection",
   "term": "Objection",
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   "definition": "A statement by an attorney that a question or answer is improper, made on the record so the issue is preserved for a judge to decide later. At a deposition most objections are to the form of the question and the witness is usually told to go ahead and answer.",
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   "id": "on-the-record",
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   "definition": "Testimony and statements that the court reporter is taking down are on the record. Going off the record, which requires the agreement of counsel and is announced to the reporter, pauses the record for breaks or private discussion. Anything said while the record is open goes into the transcript.",
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   "id": "original-transcript",
   "term": "Original transcript",
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   "definition": "The first certified copy of a deposition transcript, usually ordered by the noticing party and billed at the original per-page rate, which covers the reporter's editing, proofreading, certification, and exhibit handling. Other parties order copies at a lower rate.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#original-transcript",
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   "id": "per-page-rate",
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   "definition": "The unit price of a transcript. There are separate rates for the original and for copies, and expedite charges are applied as a percentage of the page rate. Page count depends on the length of the testimony and the standard transcript page format.",
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   "id": "privilege",
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   "definition": "A legal protection that allows certain communications, such as those between attorney and client, to be withheld from disclosure. At a deposition, privilege is the most common basis for an instruction not to answer.",
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   "id": "proofreader",
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   "definition": "Members of the production team who review the reporter's draft transcript. A scopist edits the raw stenographic translation against the audio; a proofreader performs the final read for accuracy and format before the reporter certifies the transcript.",
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   "id": "read-and-sign",
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   "definition": "The witness's opportunity to review the deposition transcript, note corrections on an errata sheet, and sign it. Counsel may waive it on the record. The procedure and review period vary by jurisdiction.",
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   "id": "realtime-reporting",
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   "definition": "Stenographic reporting in which the reporter's translation is streamed to attorneys' laptops or tablets within moments of the words being spoken, allowing the team to read, search, and annotate testimony as it happens. The same skill powers broadcast captioning and CART.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#realtime-reporting",
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   "id": "remote-deposition",
   "term": "Remote deposition",
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    "Zoom deposition"
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   "definition": "A deposition in which some or all participants, including the witness, attend by videoconference. The court reporter administers the oath, takes the record, and handles exhibits through screen sharing or a secure exhibit link. Rules on remote oaths and where the deposition is deemed to take place vary by jurisdiction.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#remote-deposition",
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   "id": "rough-draft",
   "term": "Rough draft",
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    "rough transcript",
    "rough drafts"
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   "definition": "The reporter's unedited, uncertified translation of the proceeding, delivered electronically soon after the deposition. Useful for preparation and internal review; not a substitute for the certified transcript in any filing.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#rough-draft",
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   "id": "stenotype",
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    "stenographic",
    "stenography",
    "stenotype machine"
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   "definition": "The specialized keyboard court reporters use to write syllables and phrases in a single stroke, at speeds above 225 words per minute. Software translates the strokes into English text, which is how realtime reporting and rough drafts are possible.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#stenotype",
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   "id": "stipulation",
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   "definition": "An agreement between counsel placed on the record, for example about how exhibits will be handled, whether the witness will read and sign, or that objections except as to form are reserved. Reporters typically ask about stipulations before testimony begins.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#stipulation",
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   "id": "subpoena",
   "term": "Subpoena",
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   "definition": "A legal command requiring a person to appear and testify, at a deposition or in court. A subpoena duces tecum also requires the person to bring specified documents or things. Service, witness fees, and geographic limits are set by the rules of the jurisdiction.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#subpoena",
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   "id": "transcript",
   "term": "Transcript",
   "aliases": [
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   "definition": "The verbatim written record of a proceeding produced by the court reporter, with a title page, appearances, an index, the testimony by page and line, exhibit references, and the reporter's certificate.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#transcript",
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   "id": "trial-presentation",
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   "definition": "The use of technology in the courtroom to display exhibits, play synchronized deposition video, and present demonstratives to the judge and jury, often run by a dedicated technician.",
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   "id": "verbatim",
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   "definition": "Word for word. A verbatim record captures exactly what was said, including false starts and interruptions, rather than a summary.",
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   "id": "video-synchronization",
   "term": "Video synchronization",
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    "synchronized video"
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   "definition": "Linking the deposition video to the certified transcript so that each line of text is time-stamped to the recording. Synced video lets attorneys build clips by selecting transcript passages and play them at trial with scrolling text.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#video-synchronization",
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   "id": "voice-writing",
   "term": "Voice writing",
   "aliases": [
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    "voice writers"
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   "definition": "A method of court reporting in which the reporter repeats the proceedings into a masked microphone and speech-recognition software converts the dictation to text. Like stenography it is a live method capable of realtime; licensing of voice writers varies by state.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#voice-writing",
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   "id": "witness",
   "term": "Witness",
   "aliases": [
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   "definition": "A person who gives testimony under oath. At a deposition the witness is also called the deponent.",
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   "id": "word-index",
   "term": "Word index",
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   "definition": "An alphabetical list at the back of a transcript showing every page and line where each word appears. Standard in condensed transcripts and electronic formats; it is what makes a transcript searchable in print.",
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   "id": "clark-county",
   "term": "Clark County",
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   "definition": "The Nevada county that contains Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, and Mesquite, along with unincorporated communities such as Summerlin South, Paradise, Spring Valley, Enterprise, and Laughlin. Most Nevada civil litigation, and most of the depositions Western Reporting Services reports, arise in Clark County. Its state trial court is the Eighth Judicial District Court.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#clark-county",
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   "id": "deposition-suite",
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   "definition": "The Nevada state district court for Clark County, sitting principally at the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas, with its family division at a separate campus. Civil cases arising in the Las Vegas area are filed here, so the caption on most Las Vegas deposition transcripts names this court.",
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   "id": "las-vegas-justice-court",
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   "definition": "The limited-jurisdiction trial court for Las Vegas Township, located in the Regional Justice Center. It hears smaller civil matters, evictions, small claims, traffic cases, and the early stages of criminal cases. Civil cases above its jurisdictional limit go to the Eighth Judicial District Court.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#las-vegas-justice-court",
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   "id": "nevada-day",
   "term": "Nevada Day",
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   "definition": "Nevada's state holiday commemorating statehood on October 31, 1864, observed on the last Friday in October. State courts and offices close, so the day drops out of business-day transcript turnaround counts along with the federal holidays.",
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   "id": "regional-justice-center",
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   "definition": "The Nevada state district court for Washoe County, sitting in Reno. Northern Nevada civil cases are filed here. Western Reporting Services arranges Reno and Washoe County depositions through its referral contacts or remotely with a reporter in Las Vegas.",
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   "definition": "The federal trial court for Nevada, with courthouses in Las Vegas and Reno. Cases filed there follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure rather than Nevada's state rules, which changes some deposition procedures. Your attorney will know which set of rules governs your case.",
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   "id": "venue",
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   "definition": "The court, and the county, in which a case is filed and heard. For a Las Vegas dispute the venue is usually the Eighth Judicial District Court in Clark County or the federal District of Nevada. Venue determines which procedural rules govern a deposition, which is why our scheduling desk asks for the court when you book.",
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   "id": "justice-court",
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   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#justice-court",
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   "definition": "The northern Nevada county that contains Reno and Sparks, the state's second most populous county and the center of its northern legal community. Its civil cases are filed in the Second Judicial District Court in Reno.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#washoe-county",
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   "definition": "The person who presides over a deposition, administers the oath, and certifies the record. Under NRCP 28(a) the officer must be authorized to administer oaths under the law of the place of examination or be appointed by the court, and NRCP 28(c) disqualifies a party's relative, employee or attorney and anyone financially interested in the action. In Nevada a certified court reporter may administer oaths without a notary commission (NRS 656.315), so the reporter ordinarily serves as the officer.",
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   "id": "custodian-of-records-deposition",
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   "definition": "A deposition taken solely to authenticate or produce records through the person who keeps them, rather than to obtain substantive testimony. Nevada does not count a deposition that is solely a custodian-of-records deposition toward the 10-per-side limit in NRCP 30(a)(2)(A)(i); the federal rule has no such exclusion.",
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   "id": "leave-of-court",
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   "definition": "Permission from the court to take a step the rules do not allow as of right. In Nevada, NRCP 30(a)(2) requires leave to take more than 10 depositions per side, to depose someone a second time, or to depose a witness before the NRCP 26(a) discovery time, unless the parties have stipulated, and always to depose a person confined in prison.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#leave-of-court",
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   "id": "discovery-commissioner",
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   "definition": "A judicial officer who hears discovery disputes in place of the district judge and issues a report and recommendations. In Clark County, EDCR 2.34 sends all discovery disputes to the discovery commissioner first; in Washoe County, WDCR 24 provides for automatic referral of all discovery proceedings to the discovery commissioner.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#discovery-commissioner",
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   "id": "court-annexed-arbitration",
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   "definition": "Nevada's mandatory, nonbinding arbitration program for certain civil cases in judicial districts that include a county with a population of 100,000 or more, governed by the Nevada Arbitration Rules. Under NAR 11 the extent of discovery, including any depositions, is at the arbitrator's discretion, and the arbitrator hears all discovery disputes.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#court-annexed-arbitration",
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   "id": "short-trial-program",
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   "definition": "A Nevada program to expedite civil trials through restrictions on discovery, smaller juries and time limits on evidence, governed by the Nevada Short Trial Rules. Under NSTR 8 the extent of discovery is in the short trial judge's discretion, and NSTR 15 lets each party quote directly from relevant depositions and video depositions at trial.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#short-trial-program",
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   "id": "rule-30b6-deposition",
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   "definition": "A deposition in which the deponent is an organization rather than an individual. Under NRCP 30(b)(6) the noticing party describes the matters for examination with reasonable particularity, and the organization designates one or more officers, directors, managing agents or other consenting persons to testify about information known or reasonably available to the organization.",
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   "definition": "The person an organization names to testify on its behalf at a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition. A designee testifies about information known or reasonably available to the organization, and under NRCP 32(a)(3) an adverse party may use a designee's deposition for any purpose at trial.",
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   "id": "person-most-knowledgeable",
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    "most knowledgeable person"
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   "definition": "A label used on some deposition notices for the witness an organization is asked to produce on a subject. The Eighth Judicial District Court's Administrative Order 22-08 states that there is no such type of deposition recognized under the NRCP for the purpose of binding the entity; the Nevada mechanism is a Rule 30(b)(6) designation.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#person-most-knowledgeable",
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   "id": "reasonable-particularity",
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   "definition": "The standard a Rule 30(b)(6) notice or subpoena must meet in describing the matters for examination. NRCP 30(b)(6) requires the noticing party to describe those matters with reasonable particularity so the organization can choose and prepare its designees.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#reasonable-particularity",
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   "id": "protective-order",
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   "definition": "A court order limiting or regulating discovery, sought by motion under NRCP 26(c). In Clark County, Administrative Order 22-08 requires an entity that objects to Rule 30(b)(6) topics to seek and obtain a protective order before going forward with the deposition, and under NRCP 30(d)(3) a court may limit the scope and manner of a deposition as provided in Rule 26(c).",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#protective-order",
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   "id": "officers-certificate",
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   "definition": "The signed page at the back of a deposition transcript in which the officer, in Nevada the certified court reporter, certifies that the witness was duly sworn and that the transcript accurately records the testimony. Under NRCP 30(e)(2) a Nevada certificate also notes whether the witness requested review and attaches any changes made within the 30-day period. NRS 656.310(4) requires the reporter's certificate number on the certificate page.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#officers-certificate",
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   "id": "statement-of-changes",
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   "definition": "The signed document NRCP 30(e)(1) describes: a list of the changes a deponent makes to the transcript \"in form or substance\" together with the reasons for making them, signed by the deponent within 30 days of the officer's notice that the transcript is available. In practice it is written on an errata sheet and attached to the certified transcript.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#statement-of-changes",
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   "id": "motion-to-suppress-deposition",
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   "definition": "The motion a party must make promptly to preserve an objection to how the officer transcribed, prepared, signed, certified, sealed or sent a deposition. Under NRCP 32(d)(4) such an objection is waived unless the motion is made promptly after the error or irregularity becomes known or, with reasonable diligence, could have been known.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#motion-to-suppress-deposition",
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   "id": "no-alteration-rule",
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   "definition": "The Nevada prohibition on changing a certified record. Under NAC 656.350, and NRS 656.345 at the statute level, a court reporter or firm may not alter the record of a proceeding after the transcript has been certified unless every party stipulates to the alteration or the presiding judge or arbiter orders it. It is why a witness's corrections are attached on an errata sheet rather than typed into the transcript.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#no-alteration-rule",
   "related_guide": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/transcript-review-and-errata-in-nevada/",
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   "id": "remote-means",
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   "definition": "The Nevada rule term for a deposition taken by telephone, videoconference or similar technology. Under NRCP 30(b)(4) the parties may stipulate, or the court may on motion order, that a deposition be taken by remote means, and the deposition is then deemed to take place where the deponent answers the questions.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#remote-means",
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   "id": "place-of-examination",
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   "definition": "The location whose law determines who may administer the oath at a deposition. NRCP 28(a)(1) requires an officer authorized to administer oaths by federal law or by the law in the place of examination, or a court-appointed person; for a remote deposition NRCP 30(b)(4) fixes that place as wherever the deponent answers the questions.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#place-of-examination",
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   "id": "remote-oath",
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   "definition": "An oath or affirmation administered to a deponent by an officer who is not in the same room, typically over a videoconference. In Nevada no rule, statute or standing order addresses a remote oath at a deposition; the Clark County orders that once allowed the officer to be in a separate location lapsed on April 29, 2022, so the practice is to provide for the remote oath in the parties' NRCP 30(b)(4) stipulation.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#remote-oath",
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   "definition": "A deposition in which some participants are together in a room and others attend by videoconference. The common Las Vegas arrangement is the witness, local counsel and the court reporter in a conference room with out-of-state counsel appearing on screen. It is reported and certified exactly like an in-person deposition.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#hybrid-deposition",
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   "definition": "A subpoena that commands a person to produce documents, electronically stored information or tangible things, with or without a command to appear and testify. In Nevada state court, a pretrial subpoena duces tecum must be noticed to every party at least 7 days before it is served on the witness, and the materials must also be listed in the deposition notice.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#subpoena-duces-tecum",
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   "id": "witness-fee",
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   "definition": "The payment tendered to a subpoenaed witness for attendance and travel. NRCP 45(b)(1) requires the serving party to tender the fee for 1 day's attendance and the mileage allowed by law when a subpoena requires attendance; NRS 50.225 sets the fee at $25 per day plus mileage, by default at the federal standard mileage rate. Whether the statute fits depositions exactly is a question for counsel.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#witness-fee",
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   "id": "uidda",
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   "definition": "The Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, adopted in Nevada at NRS 53.100 to 53.200. A party to a case pending in another state submits that state's subpoena to the clerk of the Nevada court in the county where discovery will occur, and the clerk issues a Nevada subpoena that is served and enforced under NRCP 45. In Clark County the request is filed under EDCR 2.80.",
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   "id": "motion-to-quash",
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   "definition": "A request that the issuing court void or narrow a subpoena. Grounds commonly include insufficient time to comply, excessive travel, privileged material and undue burden; the court in some situations must grant the motion and in others may do so or may impose conditions instead.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#motion-to-quash",
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   "id": "form-objection",
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   "definition": "An objection that a question is defectively phrased rather than that its subject is improper. Under Clark County's Administrative Order 22-08 a form objection is limited to stating that the form is objectionable and identifying the specific defect, drawn from nine recognized grounds such as compound, leading, vague or calls for speculation.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#form-objection",
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   "definition": "An objection in which counsel argues, explains or elaborates in front of the witness instead of stating the ground concisely; a string objection recites several grounds in a row. Both tend to coach the witness and clutter the record, and Clark County's deposition behavior order prohibits them outright.",
   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#speaking-objection",
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   "definition": "Eighth Judicial District Court Administrative Order 22-08, \"Administrative Order Regarding Deposition Behavior,\" dated May 9, 2022. It governs scheduling courtesy, weekday hours, the 7-hour clock, in-person default, exhibit disclosure, objections, instructions not to answer and Rule 30(b)(6) practice in Clark County civil and family cases whose discovery disputes go to a discovery commissioner or hearing master.",
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   "id": "ccr-v",
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   "definition": "The Nevada designation for a reporter who passed the voice-writing portion of the Board's examination. Under NRS 656.310(2) the holder must be designated a certified court reporter-voice writer, may use C.C.R.-V. but not C.C.R., and practices only by voice writing. A CCR-V may serve as the officer at a deposition (NAC 656.280(2)).",
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   "definition": "The state board that issues certificates to Nevada court reporters and licenses to court reporting firms, publishes the licensee lists, and hears complaints (NRS 656.030(1)). Located at 5135 Camino Al Norte, Suite 270, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89031; www.crptr.nv.gov; (702) 489-8787.",
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   "definition": "The one natural person every Nevada court reporting firm must appoint under NRS 656.186(1) to answer to the Board for the firm. The designated representative must hold a reporter's certificate or pass a Board examination on the ethics of court reporting and the obligations a reporter owes to the parties.",
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   "aliases": [
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   "definition": "The license a business entity must hold from the Certified Court Reporters' Board before conducting business as a court reporting firm in Nevada (NRS 656.185). It expires June 30 each year (NRS 656.187(1)), and its number and the firm's name must appear on invoices, transcript cover pages and advertisements (NAC 656.280(4)).",
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   "definition": "The duty of a Nevada certified court reporter to keep their notes, transcribed or not, for 8 years when they concern a matter subject to judicial review, in a manner reasonably secure against theft, tampering or accidental destruction (NRS 656.335). Electronic storage is permitted in at least two forms (NAC 656.410).",
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   "definition": "Confronting a witness at trial with an earlier statement that contradicts the testimony being given, most often by reading the question and answer from the deposition transcript by page and line or playing the video clip. In Nevada, NRCP 32(a)(2) lets any party use a deposition to contradict or impeach the deponent as a witness.",
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   "url": "https://www.westernreportingservices.com/resources/glossary/#unavailable-witness",
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   "id": "rule-of-completeness",
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    "counter-designations"
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   "definition": "The principle that a party who offers only part of a deposition may be required to introduce the other parts that in fairness should be considered with it, and that any party may introduce other parts itself. In Nevada it appears in NRCP 32(a)(6), and it is the reason trial teams prepare counter-designations.",
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   "definition": "The pretrial list of deposition passages, by page and line, that a party intends to read or play at trial, exchanged so the other side can object and counter-designate. In Nevada, pretrial designation of deposition testimony and objections to it run through NRCP 16.1(a)(3), with designations 30 days before trial and objections within 14 days.",
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