Reading your court papers.

Courts use words from a foreign language. CLIEAIR translates the 60 terms you're most likely to see. Plainly. Without judgment. With the rule that governs each one, in case you need to look it up.

How CLIEAIR thinks about this

This glossary exists because the cost of misunderstanding a single word in a court paper can be the rest of your life. "Ex parte" doesn't mean "secret." "Best interests" doesn't mean what intuition suggests. "Held in contempt" doesn't always mean jail.

CLIEAIR provides plain definitions. CLIEAIR does not tell you what the term means in your case — only an attorney can do that. But CLIEAIR can show you the rule, the statute, or the case the term comes from. That's the link. You decide what to do.

Plain language is not legal advice. The definitions here are educational. If a term in your papers will determine an outcome you care about, consult counsel.