Subordination - The act or process by which a person's rights or claims are ranked below those of others.⏎
Senior judge - A federal judge who, after attaining the requisite age and length of judicial experience, takes senior status, thus creating a vacancy among a court's active judges. A senior judge retains the judicial office and may cut back his or her workload by as much as 75 percent, but many opt to keep a larger caseload.⏎
Temporary restraining order - Akin to a preliminary injunction, it is a judge's short-term order forbidding certain actions until a full hearing can be conducted. Often referred to as a TRO.⏎
Subpoena duces tecum - A command to a witness to appear and produce documents.⏎
Statute - A law passed by a legislature.⏎