Cutline legal definition of Cutline. Cutline synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

The standardized heading of a legal instrument, such as a motion or a complaint, which sets forth the names of the parties in controversy, the name of the court, the docket number, and the name of the action.

caption n. the first section of any written legal pleading (papers) to be filed, which contains the name, address, telephone number of the attorney, the person or persons the attorney represents, the court name, the title of the case, the number of the case, and the title of the documents (complaint, accusation, answer, motion, etc.). Each jurisdiction has its own rules as to the exact format of the caption. [note: there should be a sample]

caption noun annotation, banner, banner head, banner line, characterization, clause, description, designation, display line, head, heading, headline, headnote, imprint, indication of contents, inscription, legend, mark of identification, notes, preface, rubric, section head, specification, statement, subheading, subtitle, superscription, title, topic
Associated concepts: caption of a petition, caption of a pleading, caption of indictment

CAPTION, practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or executed. As to the forms and requisites of captions, see 1 Murph. 281; 8 Yerg. 514; 4 Iredell, 113; 6 Miss,. 469; 1 Scam. 456; 5 How. Mis. 20; 6 Blackf. 299; 1 Hawks, 354; 1 Brev. 169.
2. In the English practice, when an inferior court in obedience to the writ of certiorari, returns an indictment into the K. B., it is annexed to the caption, then called a schedule, and the caption concludes with stating, that "it is presented in manner and form as appears in a certain indictment thereto annexed," and the caption and indictment are returned on separate parchments. 1 Saund. 309, n. 2. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
3. Caption is another name for arrest. CAPTIVE. By this term is understood one who has been taken; it is usually applied to prisoners of war. (q.v.) Although he has lost his liberty, a captive does not by his captivity lose his civil rights.

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annotation answer banner head banner line Brief for the Petitioners call characterization clause complaint denomination deposition description designation Disability Discrimination display line Education Department ex rel ex rel. Federal Communications Commission	Cheyenne Woods finished at 5-over 149 - four strokes above the cutline. Cheyenne Woods - Tiger Woods niece - misses cut at Wegmans LPGA by International Business Times - US ed. Programs performing below an APR cutline will be penalized with the loss of a scholarship for each scholarship athlete who is an "0-for-2" - that is an athlete who leaves school early, prior to exhausting eligibility, and who wouldn't have been eligible for the ensuing term. UO may pay price under new rules by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Louis Post-Dispatch, a consistent bad actor--and bad writer, too--reached out for two new ones recently: In a story about a whale ramming and almost sinking a small fishing Vessel, the mammal was given credit for "holing the boat," and in a cutline for the Sappington Farmer's Market, its owner "prides her store on its fresh produce. Impacts the language by Pollack, Joe / St. Louis Journalism Review	Customs Court customs documents Customs Duties customs seizure custos Custos rotulorum cut cut a check cut across cut adrift cut apart cut down cut down to size cut in halves cut in two cut into cut off cut off from inheritance cut out cut out of one’s will cut short cut through cut-back cut-rate cutback Cutline cutting cutting down cutting off cutting words cy pres cy pres doctrine cybercrime cycle cyclic cyclical cyclopean cynical cynicism cynosure cyprian Czar Czarina Czarowitz D D.A. d.b.a. D.U.I. D.W.I. DA dab	cutlassfishes Cutleaf coneflower Cutleaf Maple cutleaf nightshade cutleaved coneflower cutler cutler Cutler Bay, Florida Cutler feed Cutler Ridge Cutler, Lloyd N. Cutler, Manasseh Cutler, Timothy Cutler-Beard flap Cutleriales cutlers cutlers cutlery cutlery cutlery cutlery Cutlery & Allied Trades Research Association Cutlery and Small Tools Service Center cutlery drainer cutlery tray Cutless cutlet cutlets Cutline Cutling cutlips CUTM CUTMA CUTMF cutoff cutoff cutoff cutoff cutoff attack cutoff attenuator cutoff bias Cutoff Channel Cutoff Date Cutoff Dates cutoff field Cutoff frequencies Cutoff frequency Cutoff frequency Cutoff function cutoff high cutoff lake cutoff limiting cutoff low Cutoff point Cutoff point Cutoff Points Cutoff Points Cutoff saw Cutoff scale

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banner head
banner line
Brief for the Petitioners
call
characterization
clause
complaint
denomination
deposition
description
designation
Disability Discrimination
display line
Education Department
ex rel
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Federal Communications Commission

Cheyenne Woods finished at 5-over 149 - four strokes above the cutline.

Cheyenne Woods - Tiger Woods niece - misses cut at Wegmans LPGA by International Business Times - US ed.

Programs performing below an APR cutline will be penalized with the loss of a scholarship for each scholarship athlete who is an "0-for-2" - that is an athlete who leaves school early, prior to exhausting eligibility, and who wouldn't have been eligible for the ensuing term.

UO may pay price under new rules by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Louis Post-Dispatch, a consistent bad actor--and bad writer, too--reached out for two new ones recently: In a story about a whale ramming and almost sinking a small fishing Vessel, the mammal was given credit for "holing the boat," and in a cutline for the Sappington Farmer's Market, its owner "prides her store on its fresh produce.

Impacts the language by Pollack, Joe / St. Louis Journalism Review

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