People can swear to written statements {affidavit}| before notary publics and other people with authority to hear oaths.
Requests {appeal}| can ask higher courts to review cases.
Court orders {arrest warrant}| can order police to find someone and charge him or her with crime.
Courts can issue warrants {bench warrant}| to arrest someone for contempt of court or to fulfill indictments.
Grand juries make written indictments {bill of indictment}.
Suit claims list details {bill of particulars}.
Lawsuit losers must pay itemized expenses and allowances {bill of costs}.
Lawyers can present legal arguments {brief}|.
Courts have lists {calendar, law} {trial list} of cases to try in sequence each day.
Writs {capias}| can authorize arrests.
Courts can issue orders {citation, law}| to appear in court.
Courts determine document meanings {document, construction} {construction of document}.
Courts can issue written orders {court order}| that are not judgments: habeas-corpus writs, subpoenas, arrest warrants, and search warrants.
Courts make final judgments {decree}.
Witnesses can make written statements {deposition, trial} under oath.
Documents {divorce decree} can state divorce place and date.
Courts have case date-and-time schedules {docket}|.
People can make formal complaints {grievance, law}| about problems or actions.
Grand juries issue criminal or civil charges {indictment}|, or written documents can charge people with crimes.
Court orders {injunction}| can tell persons or businesses to do or not do actions.
Courts can accept certain facts without evidence {judicial notice}|, such as geography, state laws, and history.
Parties in civil suits present written statements {pleading}|.
Documents {judgment, satisfaction} {satisfaction of judgment} can show that recorded judgments have been paid.
Court documents {scire facias} can require party to appear and discuss case.
Court orders {search warrant}| can allow entry into private property to look for specific items.
Court orders {subpoena}| can require someone to appear as witness before court.
Subpoenas {subpoena ad testificandum} can be for witness to appear and testify.
Subpoenas {subpoena duces tecum} can be to present evidence in person's possession.
Written documents {summons}| can notify people that action has started and require them to appear in court to answer charge.
Summons {venire} can be to prospective jurors.
Court orders {venire facias} can tell sheriff to summon a jury.
Affidavits {verification} can confirm document contents.
Courts can issue authorizations {warrant}|.
Court orders {writ, court order}| can require public officials to perform specific acts.
Court orders {habeas corpus writ} {writ of habeas corpus}| can force jailers to explain why a person is in jail.
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