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bench memo
n. a brief submitted by a lawyer to a trial judge a document prepared by a law clerk for an appellate court judge that summarizes the facts of a case, the relevant procedural history, the issues, and the parties' arguments on each pointNotes
A bench memo may also supply the judge with the law clerk's recommended ruling and with copies of key cases and key portions of the record.-
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