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.⏎
Sequester - To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.⏎
Statute - A law passed by a legislature.⏎
Schedules - Lists submitted by the debtor along with the petition (or shortly thereafter) showing the debtor's assets, liabilities, and other financial information. (There are official forms a debtor must use.)⏎
Subpoena - A command, issued under a court's authority, to a witness to appear and give testimony.⏎