CFR > Title 43 > Subtitle A > Part 2 > Subpart L – Legal Process: Testimony by Employees and Production of Records
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Terms Used In CFR > Title 43 > Subtitle A > Part 2 > Subpart L - Legal Process: Testimony by Employees and Production of Records
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.