(a) "Confidential" means a case record or portion of a case record, such as a particular document, that shall be available to all case parties and their attorneys or nonlawyer representatives, but shall not be available for public inspection pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 12(1)(b).(b) "Conventionally," with respect to the filing of a document, means the filing of the document with the court in paper or other non-electronic format. With respect to serving a party with a copy of a filed or court-issued document, "conventionally" means providing a copy of the filed or court-issued document to that party personally or by first-class mail in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 26.(c) "Document" means any written matter issued by or filed with the court, whether filed conventionally or electronically, including, but not limited to, notices of appeal, petitions, appendices, motions, objections, applications, notices, affidavits, briefs, memoranda of law, orders, and opinions.(d) "Electronic filing" means the process whereby a registered e-filer electronically submits a document to the supreme court in accordance with these rules to initiate a supreme court case or to file a document in an existing supreme court case. With respect to a document submitted electronically for filing, "electronic filing" refers to the document and the associated information that the filer enters in the electronic filing system, both of which are subject to clerk review in accordance with Rules 9 and 11 of these rules.(e) "Electronic service," with respect to a document or documents submitted electronically to the court by a party, means the electronic filing system's transmission of an electronic notification of that submission to the electronic service address of each party who has consented to receive electronic service by registering as an e-filer. The electronic notification will contain a hyperlink or other means for the registered e-filers to access the document or documents that were submitted electronically. "Electronic service," with respect to a document issued by the court, means the electronic filing system's transmission of an electronic notification of the court-issued document to the electronic service address of each party who has consented to receive electronic service by registering as an e-filer. The electronic notification will contain a hyperlink or other means for the registered e-filers to access the court-issued document.(f) "Electronic service address" of a party means the electronic mail (email) address at or through which the party shall receive electronic service.(g) "Electronic signature" is a signature, other than an inked signature, as authorized by these rules.(h) "Ex parte" document means a document submitted to the court for filing with the intention that the document shall be neither served on nor available to one or more other case parties, including their attorneys or nonlawyer representatives.(i) "Non-electronic signature" is an inked signature.(j) "Party" or "parties" has the meaning established by Rules 7(4) and 28 of the Supreme Court Rules and includes an attorney or nonlawyer representative acting on behalf of a party, except where the context clearly indicates a distinction between a party and the party's attorney or nonlawyer representative.(k) "Registered e-filer" means a person, including an attorney, a self-represented party, or a nonlawyer representative under Supreme Court Rule 33(2), who has registered with the electronic filing system in order to submit documents for filing with the court, as required by these rules.(l) "Supreme Court case" or "case," in the context of a supreme court proceeding governed by these rules, includes all of the following: an appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 7; an appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 7 -B; an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 8; an interlocutory transfer pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 9; an appeal from an administrative agency pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10; a petition for original jurisdiction pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 11; a certified question of law pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 34; a request for an advisory opinion of the justices pursuant to Part II, Article 74, of the New Hampshire Constitution; an attorney discipline matter pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 37; a judicial discipline matter pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 40; a matter involving administration or supervision of the New Hampshire Bar; and a matter involving a proposed rule or rule amendment pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 51.Adopted March 29, 2018, effective 3/29/2018; amended effective 1/1/2020; amended effective 1/1/2020.