Top 150 Essential Legal Phrases Every Judicial Stenographer Must Memorize

Boost Your Legal Writing Speed by 25% with Phraseograms Writing legal dictation word-by-word at 100 WPM is exhausting. Combining frequent words into streamlined judicial phraseograms saves up to 40% of pen strokes. Top Essential Judicial Phrase Outlines "In the matter of" — Intersected N and M stroke. "Learned counsel for the appellant" — L-Kay-Ell-P-Ell joined outline. "Learned counsel for the respondent" — L-Kay-Ray-Sp-Dent phrase. "Facts and circumstances of the case" — F-Kts-S-K-S-K outline. "Beyond reasonable doubt" — B-R-Dbt joined contraction. "Interim order of injunction" — N-Tr-J-N-Shun streamlined outline. "Prima facie evidence" — Pr-F-Sh-V-Dns. Memorize 10 new legal phrase outlines every day to breeze through High Court and District Court examinations.

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