Terms Used In CFR > Title 10 > Chapter X > Part 1045 > Subpart E - Government-Wide Procedures for Handling Freedom of Information Act (Foia) and Mandatory Declassification Review (Mdr) Requests for Matter Marked as or Potentially Containing Rd, Frd, or Tfni

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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}
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.