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Legal Filing / Pleading

vr.wm-pol-019 · wm-pol-019-legal-filing-pleading

Represent one identifiable procedural document record, its controlled revisions, and evidence about presentation to a court or tribunal and service.

World Models Society, people and institutions SOC.POL.FIL
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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3 bundles · 4 layers · 5 findings · 10 questions

Filing and parties What was filed, by whom and in which case.

Filing record

The document, filer and case.

Document type and filer

The kind of pleading and the party filing it.

  1. What type of filing is this, and in which case was it filed?
  2. Which party filed it, and through which representative?

Acceptance

Whether the court accepted the filing and on what date.

  1. On what date and time was the filing received and accepted by the court?
  2. Was the filing rejected or returned for defects, and why?
Deadlines and service Time limits and notice to other parties.

Time limits

Deadlines that apply to and arise from the filing.

Deadline compliance

Whether the filing met its time limit.

  1. Which deadline applied to this filing, and was it met?
  2. Which response deadlines does the filing trigger for other parties?

Service

Delivery of the filing to other parties.

Proof of service

How and when the filing was served.

  1. On which parties was the filing served, by what method and on what date?
  2. Is there proof of service, and was service abroad required?
Content and relief What the filing asks for.

Claims and relief

Relief sought and supporting documents.

Relief sought

The orders or remedies the filing requests.

  1. Which orders or remedies does the filing request?
  2. Which exhibits and authorities are attached or cited?

Classifiers Filled

Family
World Models
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
entity
Navigation path
NAV.SOC.POL.FIL
Domain
SOC.POL.FIL
Industry
Cross-industry
Tags
legalfilingpleadingsoc.pol.fil

What it is Filled

A legal filing or pleading is a document a party or its representative submits to a court or tribunal in a case, such as a claim, defence, motion or appeal, together with its filing date, deadline and service on other parties. It is a procedural record within a case; the case itself, the evidence exhibits and the court's judgment are separate subjects.

In scope

  • Document identity and classification, intended or assigned case and court references, profile and custodian
  • Filer and signer capacities, asserted positions and requested relief, attachment references and document-specific formal checks
  • Evidence of submission, receipt, review, docketing, deadline assessment, service and amendment authority
  • Controlled renditions, confidentiality, redaction, provenance and local retention-policy references

Out of scope

  • Court case lifecycle, adjudication, merits, determination of evidence admissibility and judicial remedies
  • Electronic filing transaction engine, actual signing, filing, service, fee payment or automated legal deadline execution
  • Independent evidence exhibit masters, party identity masters, representation mandates and court authority masters
  • Universal rules for criminal, family, appellate, arbitration, administrative or cross-border proceedings; these require separate profiles

Why it exists Filled

Represent one identifiable procedural document record, its controlled revisions, and evidence about presentation to a court or tribunal and service.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A document submitted by a party into a case, not the case itself or the court's decision.
  • Defined by procedural facts such as filing date, deadline and service, not only by its content.
  • Distinct from evidence exhibits, which may be attached to it but are recorded separately.
  • Unlike an administrative application, it is filed with a court or tribunal in contested proceedings.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • File or serve a document on a party's behalf without the authorised representative's approval.
  • Present itself as a lawyer or give binding legal advice.
  • Cite authorities or facts that it has not verified to exist.
  • Disclose sealed or confidential filings to anyone not entitled.
  • Alter a filed document after submission.

Only with a human decision

  • Signing and submitting a filing.
  • Deciding legal strategy, claims and relief sought.
  • Seeking an extension of a deadline.

May

  • Track filing and response deadlines in a case for the represented party.
  • Check a draft filing for formal requirements and missing attachments.
  • Record proof of service and court acceptance.
  • Summarise filings by other parties for the legal team.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Missed deadlines can cost a party its rights irreversibly.
  • Filings often contain sensitive personal data of parties and third parties.
  • Fabricated citations or facts mislead the court and harm the opposing party.

Who is affected

  • Parties to the proceedings
  • Lawyers and representatives
  • Courts and tribunals
  • Third parties named in filings

Owners Filled

Steward

The court registry that receives, dockets and keeps filings in its case management system.

Roles

Document custodian
Maintain local identity, revisions and references within assigned copy scope.
Filing party or authorized representative
Supply content and capacity evidence; authorize legally consequential action outside these local operations.
Procedural legal reviewer
Resolve applicable rules, exceptions, time assertions and amendment authority.
Court records liaison
Reconcile authoritative document numbers and status responses without deciding merits.
Access and records officer
Approve disclosure, redaction, retention, holds and disposition policy.

Master systems

  • Court case management system
  • Electronic filing system
  • Law firm document management system

Links to other meta-models Filled

references

  • WM-POL-009 - Back-reference to the containing court case under the incoming candidate CONTAINS relation. Parent identity can be pending for an originating document; case lifecycle stays outside this model. Pin neighbor version before integration.
  • Electronic filing transaction master - Typed transaction and message correlation; one transaction may include multiple document entities. Binding is proposed, not a registered runtime dependency.
  • Party, representation and court authority masters - Resolve identities and authority evidence externally; this model records document-specific capacity assertions only. No executable neighbor binding is claimed.
  • Evidence exhibit and judicial order masters - Preserve independently mastered evidence and orders. Attachment or citation does not transfer lifecycle ownership or prove a proposition.

aligned

  • Electronic Court Filing 5.0 CS01 - Conceptual mapping of document, message, transaction and review status; no conformance claim or automatic filing interface.
  • PROV-O 2013-04-30 - Conceptual attribution, derivation and revision relationships; no truth or legal-authority certification.

neighbor

  • WM-POL-009 Court case - The incoming candidate CONTAINS edge is respected as case-to-document containment. This record references its parent and does not own the case lifecycle. An originating document can have a pending case number; record intended forum and reconcile later.
  • Electronic filing transaction and message - An envelope or transaction can carry several documents and have several messages. It is not this document entity, and a transaction identifier is a typed correlation reference rather than the sole document key.
  • Evidence exhibit and court order - Attachments and orders are independently identified references. A filing can cite evidence or request relief without making the evidence true or producing a judicial disposition.
  • Administrative application and general correspondence - Routing and applicable procedural profile decide whether a document belongs here; contested status is not an invariant. No administrative case or correspondence lifecycle is imported.
  • Registry record plane - The registry standalone-mm label classifies the catalogue entry. The subject kind is entity because document identity persists across events. No legacy_alias or existing_spec_ref is registered.

parent

  • WM-POL-009

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Identified by the case number together with the docket or document number assigned on filing.
  • Electronic filing systems assign a submission or envelope identifier.

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

The subject is an institutional or informational record with no physical quantities of its own.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Marked by a case caption, a filing party, a document title, a signature and a filing stamp or receipt.
  • Often confused with evidence exhibits, correspondence between lawyers or the court's orders.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • Can be submitted, accepted or rejected, served, amended and withdrawn.
  • Triggers deadlines and procedural steps for other parties and the court.

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Loss of rights through late or defective filing.
  • Leakage of confidential or sealed material.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Court electronic filing systems and their submission standards.
  • OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing.
  • International service of documents under the Hague Service Convention.

Context of use required Filled

  • Governed by the procedural rules of each court and jurisdiction.
  • Typically prepared and signed by licensed representatives.

Sources Filled

  1. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Administrative Office of the United States Courts
  2. Civil Procedure Rules Part 16 - Statements of Case - Ministry of Justice
  3. Civil Procedure Rules Part 22 - Statements of Truth - Ministry of Justice
  4. Civil Procedure Rules Part 17 - Amendments to Statements of Case - Ministry of Justice
  5. Civil Procedure Rules Part 6 - Service of Documents - Ministry of Justice
  6. Civil Procedure Rules Part 5 - Court Documents - Ministry of Justice
  7. Electronic Court Filing Version 5.0 - OASIS Open
  8. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology - World Wide Web Consortium
  9. LegalXML Electronic Court Filing, OASIS
  10. Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (1965), Hague Conference on Private International Law

Open questions

  • Verify exact source URLs, response integrity, effective legal versions, exception coverage and profile applicability; do not close the gate from HTTP success alone.
  • Define and test document, rendition and transaction schemas with originating documents, mixed transaction outcomes, conflicting receipts, failed service, disputed time, authorized amendment and restricted attachments.
  • Research additional proceeding types, international service, accessibility, local fee and retention rules before adopting those profiles.
  • Restore independent external review before any canonical or publishable-draft promotion.
  • Independent external review is waived; local self-audit is not a second-provider opinion.
  • Direct HTTP checks are not performed because the sandbox blocks them; browser content was available but current-law and source-version verification remain incomplete.
  • Nested answer schemas, executable deadline calculations, exchange mappings, neighbor pins and adversarial instance fixtures are not implemented.
  • Criminal, family, appellate, administrative tribunal, arbitration and international service profiles require separate research. No convention-specific workflow is admitted from the supplement.
  • Local rules, practice directions, signing technology, fee schedules, accessibility details, record-retention law and licensing need adoption review.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification AGENTS.md Source Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

world-models research · reviewable-draft

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