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court reporter

court reporter. 1. A person who records testimony, stenographically or by electronic or other means, and, when requested, prepares a transcript (the deposition could not start until the court reporter arrived). — Also termed (in BrE) official shorthand writer. Cf. court recorder under RECORDER. [Cases: Courts 57; Trial 23. C.J.S. Stenographers §§ 2–21; Trial§ 96.]

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repeal,n

RESCIND(3); esp., abrogation of an existing law by legislative act. [Cases: Statutes 149–170, 232. C.J.S. Statutes §§ 143–144, 212–213, 276–291, 293–298, 300–302, 304–305.] — repeal,vb.

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reproductive rights

reproductive rights. A person’s constitutionally protected rights relating to the control of his or her procreative activities; specif., the cluster of civil liberties relating to pregnancy, abortion, and sterilization, esp. the personal bodily rights of a woman in her decision whether to become pregnant or bear a child. • The phrase includes the idea of

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reply

reply, n. 1. Civil procedure. In federal practice, the plaintiff’s response to the defendant’s counterclaim (or, by court order, to the defendant’s or a third party’s answer).Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 801–815.] 2. Common-law pleading. The plaintiff’s response to the defendant’s plea or answer. • The reply is the plaintiff’s second

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