Pennsylvania Code
Title 201 - RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 51 - CUSTODY OF EXHIBITS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS
Rule 5101 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 201 PA Code ยง 5101

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The following words and phrases when used in these rules shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, or the particular word or phrase is expressly defined in the chapter in which the particular rule is included:

(1) "Court Proceeding." Any trial, hearing, argument or similar event before a judge, panel, or hearing officer where evidence, if entered, is on the record. It does not include a proceeding before a magisterial district court, a non-record proceeding before the Philadelphia Municipal Court, a judicial arbitration matter pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. 1301 et seq., a hearing before a register of wills pursuant to Pa.R.O.C.P. 10.3, or any matter that is not a record proceeding;

(2) "Custodian." The person or persons designated by local rule of judicial administration to safeguard and maintain exhibits offered into evidence in a court proceeding. The custodian shall either be a member of court staff, e.g. , court reporter, clerk of court, hearing officer, or the proponent of the exhibit. Custodian shall also include the custodian's designee;

(3) "Exhibit." A document, record, object, photograph, model, or similar item offered into evidence, whether or not admitted, in a court proceeding;

(4) "Judicial District." A geographic area established by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in which a court of common pleas is located;

(5) "Local Rule." A local rule of judicial administration, however titled, adopted by a judicial district pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 103(c) or an Internal Operating Procedure adopted by an appellate court;

(6) "Proponent." A party seeking the admission of an exhibit into the record in a court proceeding; and

(7) "Records office." The entity with the responsibility and function to maintain and retain the official case file and list of docket entries as required by rule or law.

(b) For any words and phrases not defined by these rules, a meaning may be discerned through examination of its dictionary definition and its legal meaning may be gleaned from its use in an applicable body of law.

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