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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

50.04.040 Definitions

(a) "Books" is defined as the receipts and financial records of the court of court filing fees, fines, and forfeitures.

(b) "Docket" is defined as 1.) A formal record in which a judge or court clerk briefly notes all the proceedings and filings in the Court; or 2.) a schedule of pending cases before the Court for any particular day.

(c) "Ledger" is defined as the minute record or spindle maintained in each paper file of a proceeding or electronic file when such system is adopted, such ledger will record the dates of filings and dates of hearings and all matters maintained in a file.

(d) "Ministerial act" is defined as an act performed without the independent exercise of discretion or judgment. If the act is mandatory it is also termed a ministerial duty.

(e) "Minute or Minute Order" is defined 1.) as an order recorded in the minutes of the court rather than a directly on the case Ledger; or 2.) memoranda or notes of the proceedings before the Court; or.

(f) "Record" is defined as the Minutes and Minute Orders of the Court, filings, and orders of the Court.