Unless specified to the contrary by statute or these Rules, the following words, whenever used in these Rules shall have the following meanings:
(a) The term "appellant's attorney" or "appellee's attorney" or any like term shall include the party appearing without counsel, and the word "appellant" or "appellee" or any like term shall include the party appearing with counsel.(b) The word "court" or "trial court" shall include any Unified Criminal Docket, the Business and Consumer Docket, any judge of the Probate Court, any judge of the District Court, any justice of the Superior Court, any single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and any administrative agency from which an appeal lies directly to the Law Court.(c) The term "plaintiff's attorney" or "defendant's attorney" or any like term shall include the party appearing without counsel, and the word plaintiff" or "defendant" or any like term shall include the party appearing with counsel.(d) The word "reporter" means a court reporter, the Office of Transcript Operations, or a transcriber of an electronically recorded record.(e) The term "docket entries" shall include case information maintained by the trial court clerk in the registry of actions.Adopted June 6, 2017, effective 9/1/2017; amended October 8, 2021, effective 10/8/2021. Restyling Notes - June 2017
Rule 1B is former Rule 16 relating to time computations. The principal changes from Rule 16 render the numbering of subdivisions consistent with the rest of the rules and add reference to a Unified Criminal Docket and the Business and Consumer Docket in addressing the definition of "trial court" and add a reference to the Office of Transcript Operations in the definition of the word "reporter."
Advisory Note - October 2021
Rule 1B is amended by adding a definition for the term "docket entries" that includes case information maintained by the trial court clerk in the registry of actions in a court or region that has implemented an electronic case management and filing system.