{"id":"legalops-case-terms-glossary","audience":"legal","category":"legal-compliance","track":"legal","level":"beginner","technique":"audience","title":"Explain five court terms in a status memo for the business","free":false,"task":"Write a glossary of five terms from the memo for a business reader, as numbered lines in this form: \"1. Term: meaning in plain words, then the memo's date\". Use the order the terms appear in the memo. Each line under 25 words. Plain text. Explain what the term means, not how the case will turn out.","materialLabel":"Status memo (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Memo to the business team - Nov 9, 2026 (Sloane Foods matter, prepared by Legal Ops from outside counsel's update)\n\nWhere things are. The two sides are now in discovery, which closes Jan 29, 2027. We expect to give the other side our emails and contracts by Dec 4. After that, depositions are planned for February; a deposition is a witness's recorded answers to the other side's questions. Our lawyers have filed a motion, a written request to the judge, asking for a stay (a pause) of the claim about the late fees while the main claim goes forward; the judge will hear the motion on Dec 14. The sides have also agreed to try mediation, a private meeting with a neutral helper, on Jan 12. Outside counsel says nothing is final and nothing should be assumed about the outcome.\n\nPlease route any press or customer questions to Legal Ops.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":150}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Outcome hinted","why":"The AI says what is likely to happen.","fix":"Say: \"Explain meaning only, not outcomes.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Dates missing","why":"The AI defines terms without the memo's dates.","fix":"Say: \"Add the memo's date for each term.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Jargon in definitions","why":"The AI defines terms with more legal terms.","fix":"Say: \"Plain words for a business reader.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong list","why":"The AI picks other terms or wrong order.","fix":"Say: \"Five numbered terms in the memo's order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Wrong number of items","why":"The AI adds or drops items.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly N numbered items, nothing else.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds words or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Numbered format","patterns":["1\\.","term:"]},{"label":"Memo order","patterns":["order","memo"]},{"label":"Include the date","patterns":["date"]},{"label":"No outcomes","patterns":["not how","outcome","predict"]},{"label":"Line length","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Show the line format, keep memo order and attach each date.","mission":"Explain court terms from a memo in plain words.","musts":["Five numbered terms","Add the memo's dates","No outcome talk"],"rubricLabels":["Has exactly five numbered lines in the form \"N. Term: ...\", covering discovery, deposition, motion, stay and mediation in that order","Each meaning is in plain words and ends with or includes the memo's date (discovery closes Jan 29, 2027; depositions in February; motion heard Dec 14 and stay tied to it; mediation Jan 12)","No line predicts or hints at how the case will turn out"]}