Court Reporter

Definition of Court Reporter

Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Court Reporter legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia

Person responsible for recording court proceedings. Court reporters typically use special stenotype machines to make a verbatim record of all proceedings. Taped recordings are used in some jurisdictions instead of court reporters. Transcripts from stenotype tapes are produced for all cases pursuing some issue on appeal.

See Also

Court Clerk (Law of the United States) Courtroom Work Group (Law of the United States).

Resources

Court Reporter Related Resources

• Court Reporter in the United States Legal Encyclopedia
• Judicial Personnel Keywords in the United States Legal Encyclopedia
• Judicial Personnel Keywords in the International Legal Dictionary

Notes

• “Court Reporter”, The American Law Dictionary, 1991, California

Court Reporter (Judicial Personnel)

Meaning of Court Reporter

This is a brief definition of court reporter; a term used, in general, in the field of procedural law within the United States: Person who records and transcribes the testimony of witnesses during trial.