Rule 5101 - Custody of Exhibits. Definitions(a) The following words and phrases when used in these rules shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, or the particular word or phrase is expressly defined in the chapter in which the particular rule is included: 1. "Court proceeding." Any trial, hearing, argument or similar event before a judge, panel, or hearing officer where evidence, if entered, is on the record. It does not include a proceeding before a Magisterial District Court, a non-record proceeding before a judicial arbitration matter pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. 1301 et sec., or any other proceeding excluded by Local Rule of Judicial Administration 5103(e). 2. "Custodian." The person or persons designated by local rule of judicial administration to safeguard and maintain exhibits offered into evidence in a court proceeding. The custodian shall be the proponent of the exhibit. Custodian shall also include the custodian's designee. However, where circumstances occur that the proponent is unable to serve as custodian, either be a member of court staff, court reporter, clerk of court, and/or hearing officer may serve as custodian. 3. "Exhibit." A document, record, object, photograph, model or similar item offered into evidence whether or not admitted, in a court proceeding; 4. "Proponent." A party seeking the admission of an exhibit into the record in a court proceeding, and 5. "Records office." the Allegheny County, Department of Court Records, Civil/Family Division ("Department of Court Records") will serve as the records office for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Civil Division.(b) For any words and phrases not defined by these rules, meaning may be discerned through examination of its dictionary definition and its legal meaning may be gleaned from its use in an application body of law.Adopted effective 4/9/2024.