Judicial documents
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Proceedings relating to litigation. They are divided into (1) judgments, decrees, and verdicts; (2) depositions, examinations, and inquisitions taken in the course of a legal process; (3) writs, warrants, pleadings, etc., which are incident to any judicial proceedings.
See 1 St&rkie, Ev. 252,