Discovery - Procedures used to obtain disclosure of evidence before trial.⏎
Court - Government entity authorized to resolve legal disputes. Judges sometimes use "court" to refer to themselves in the third person, as in "the court has read the briefs."⏎
Collateral - Property that is promised as security for the satisfaction of a debt.⏎
Dismissal with prejudice - Court action that prevents an identical lawsuit from being filed later.⏎
En banc - French, meaning "on the bench." All judges of an appellate court sitting together to hear a case, as opposed to the routine disposition by panels of three judges. In the Ninth Circuit, an en banc panel consists of 11 randomly selected judges.⏎