The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is an administrative agency that is the central support entity for the judicial branch, providing a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts.

• federal courts

An administrator ad prosequendum is counselor appointed by a probate court to initiate and prosecute a case on behalf of the deceased person’s estate.

To amend is to make a change by adding, subtracting, or substituting. For example, one can amend a statute, a contract, the United States Constitution, or a pleading filed in a lawsuit. Generally, procedures dictate the way in which one amends a specific item.

Ancillary jurisdiction allows a federal court to hear a claim that would normally be outside of its subject-matter jurisdiction if it is substantially related to a second claim that is within the court's jurisdiction.

Article III refers to Article III of the Constitution, the section of the Constitution that authorizes a federal court system.

• constitutional law

Associate justice is the designation given to a justice on a judicial panel who is not the chief justice.

Most commonly, the term is used to describe one of the eight associate justices on the Supreme Court of the United States, although many state courts of last resort also designate the judges on their judicial panels as “chief justice” and “associate justices.”

An at issue memorandum is a legal document usually filed in a civil case.

There are 94 federal judicial districts.  Each of these districts handle bankruptcy matters. Bankruptcy courts refer to the courts in each district that specifically hear bankruptcy cases. In almost every district, bankruptcy courts hear bankruptcy cases.

The Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) is an administrative appeals board of the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) that adjudicates U.S.

Calendar is a list of cases that a court is scheduled to hear. See: Court Calendar, Criminal Calendar. 

When used as a verb, it means to place a case, motion, or other activity into the court's calendar to be heard. For example, “this case was calendared for January 5th.”