Service of process - The delivery of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.⏎
Sequester - To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.⏎
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.⏎
Typing service - A business not authorized to practice law that prepares bankruptcy petitions.⏎
Statement of financial affairs - A series of questions the debtor must answer in writing concerning sources of income, transfers of property, lawsuits by creditors, etc. (There is an official form a debtor must use.)⏎