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court reporter

American  

noun

  1. a stenographer employed to record and transcribe an official verbatim record of the legal proceedings of a court.


Etymology

Origin of court reporter

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

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"There was no insult directed at the president personally. There were criticisms from a judicial reporter. This country is a democratic state governed by the rule of law. If we can't criticise the president, why are we doing journalism?" said Uludag, who was born in 1986 and has been a court reporter for 18 years.

From Barron's

The jury also heard audio of Judge Dugan telling her court reporter, “I’ll get the heat.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Docked in Westchester, N.Y., the next morning, he appeared for a virtual hearing from his yacht, with a court reporter on the line.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to a court reporter’s transcript of the hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian, who decided the case, argued that “juries don’t acquit defendants of conduct. They acquit them of charges.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But also braille books, his adaptive computer and his cobalt blue Light-Touch Perkins Brailler — a nine-key typewriter, not unlike a court reporter’s stenotype machine, that many experts consider essential for a blind child to access literacy.

From Los Angeles Times