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Paralegals often draft legal documents such as complaints and other pleadings.  A component of this type of document is the caption.  The caption provides information such as "the location of the action, the court, the docket or file number, and the title of the action" (McCord, 2008, p. 142) as well as the parties involved.  It appears in the heading of the document and looks like the following: 

STATE OF COLUMBIA                       CAPITOL COUNTY                         CIRCUIT COURT

MARY E. JONES, Plaintiff

v. Civil Action, File No. 00000

ARTHUR HENDRICKS, defendant                                                JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

                                                                            References

McCord, J.W.H. (2008). The litigation paralegal: A systems approach (5th ed.). Clifton Park, NJ: Delmar, Cengage Learning.