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Record: A written account of all the acts and proceedings in a lawsuit.

Registration: (As defined by the Copyright Statute) "Registration", for purposes of sections 205(c)(2), 405, 406, 410(d), 411, 412, and 506(e), means a registration of a claim in the original or the renewed and extended term of copyright. 17 U.S.C. § 101.

Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.

Reverse: When an appellate court sets aside the decision of a lower court because of an error. A reversal is often followed by a remand.

Service of Process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Sidebar: A conference between the judge and lawyers held out of earshot of the jury and spectators.

Sound Recording: (As defined by the Copyright Statute) "Sound recordings" are works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as disks, tapes, or other phonorecords, in which they are embodied. 17 U.S.C. § 101.
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Statute of Limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Subpoena Duces Tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.

Summary Judgment: A decision made on the basis of statements and evidence presented for the record without a trial. It is used when there is no dispute as to the facts of the case, and one party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

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