Pennsylvania Code › Title 201 - RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 40 - UNIFORM RULES GOVERNING COURT REPORTING AND TRANSCRIPTS › Rule 4002 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Condensed transcript
means a miniaturized copy
				of the original transcript printed in such a way as to place more than one page
				of transcript on a single sheet of paper.
Court Administrator
means the Court
				Administrator of Pennsylvania.
Court recorder
means an individual employed,
				contracted or utilized by a court to record testimony by electronic means
				(audio or audio-visual).
Court reporter
means an individual employed,
				contracted or utilized by a court to record testimony whether through use of a
				stenotype machine, stenomask equipment, written symbols, or otherwise.
Court reporter's dictionary
is a computer
				file that matches a court reporter's steno strokes with English text. A court
				reporter's dictionary is an essential part of a computer aided transcription
				(CAT) system.
Court reporting personnel
includes court
				reporters, court recorders, transcriptionists and any others whether employed
				or contracted who make the court record for use in any Pennsylvania
				court.
Daily transcript
means a transcript delivered
				within eighteen (18) hours of an official request, not including weekends or
				official court holidays. For the purposes of additional payment, a transcript
				is a daily transcript only if it is in fact delivered within the above time
				limit.
Digital audio files
are those files created by
				digital recording systems and saved in a format that allows storage and
				playback through computer applications.
District Court Administrator
means the County
				Court Administrator.
Electronic transcript
means a transcript
				delivered in an electronic, non-paper medium.
Expedited transcript
means a transcript
				delivered within seventy-two (72) hours of an official request, not including
				weekends or official court holidays. For the purposes of additional payment, a
				transcript is an expedited transcript only if it is in fact delivered within
				the above time limit.
Filing office
refers to an office without
				regard to title that has the responsibility and function in each judicial
				district to maintain the official dockets and case files of the court.
Notes of testimony
means the official
				recording of an oral proceeding made whether through use of an electronic
				device, stenomask equipment, stenotype machine, written symbols, or otherwise;
				and includes the dictionary, media storage files, and other documentation
				needed to prepare a transcript.
Ordinary transcript
means a transcript
				necessary for an appeal or to otherwise advance litigation and required under a
				time frame set by a Pennsylvania Rule of Court regarding the delivery of court
				transcripts or by court order. An example of a non-ordinary transcript is one
				requested by a party when no matters are open before the court or where the
				transcript is ordered by a non-party.
Original transcript
means the transcript
				prepared and certified by the court reporter for filing with the court.
President Judge means the president judge in each judicial
				district, his or her designee, or any judicial officer recognized by the Court
				Administrator as having administrative authority.
Same day delivery
means transcripts delivered
				within 6 hours of the close of the court session, divided by morning and
				afternoon with the line of demarcation being lunch or mid-day recess.
Transcript
means a certified, written,
				verbatim record of a proceeding.
Transcriptionist
means any person employed,
				contracted or utilized by a court to prepare a transcript of a proceeding from
				an electronic or other recording. A court recorder and a court reporter may
				also serve as a transcriptionist.