Rule 69.601. Definitions

For purposes of Sections 69.601—69.605, the following words and phrases shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings set forth below: Court Proceeding. —Any trial, hearing, argument or similar event before a judge, argued panel, or en banc panel where evidence, if entered, is on the record. Custodian. —The person or persons designated in § 69.602 to safeguard and maintain any Exhibit, as defined herein, offered into evidence in a Court Proceeding. Custodian shall also include the Custodian’s designee. Exhibit. —A document, record, object, photograph, model, electronic device, or similar item offered into evidence, whether or not admitted, in a Court Proceeding. Proponent. —A party seeking the admission of an Exhibit into the record in a Court Proceeding.