Glossary
The words Cedent uses, in plain terms, in alphabetical order. Each links to where the concept is explained in full.
Approval-gated
Section titled “Approval-gated”The principle that Cedent never sends email, files a document, or takes any outside action without your review. It prepares; you approve. See What Cedent does automatically vs. what waits for you.
Attention flag
Section titled “Attention flag”A colored badge in a brief marking something that needs an eye on it — an upcoming deadline, unread email, or a matter that has gone quiet. Color signals urgency: red for the most pressing, amber for soon, neutral otherwise.
Central inbox
Section titled “Central inbox”Your inbox in Cedent, where incoming email arrives. Most of it files itself to the right matter; what Cedent is unsure about waits in the triage view for you to place. See The triage inbox.
Completeness
Section titled “Completeness”How much of a matter’s synopsis is filled in, shown section by section. A low number usually means Cedent has not yet seen the email or document that fills the gap — a map of what is open, not a grade.
Conflict check
Section titled “Conflict check”A check Cedent runs — before you open a new matter — against the people you already work with, to surface any potential conflict of interest, such as already representing the party on the other side.
Daily brief / Morning Brief
Section titled “Daily brief / Morning Brief”A short summary, refreshed each morning, of what changed in the last day and what is most urgent in the week ahead. The Morning Brief spans your whole practice on the Today page; each matter also has its own brief. See What the daily brief is.
Something Cedent has prepared for you — an email reply, a court form, a letter — held in your Drafts queue for review. A draft is never sent or filed until you approve it. See How drafting works.
Matter
Section titled “Matter”A single case. Cedent assembles each matter from your real email and documents — its summary, timeline, people, and files. Cedent suggests new matters; you create them. See How Cedent builds a matter.
Practice area
Section titled “Practice area”The kind of case a matter is — family law, for instance — which determines the sections Cedent tracks in the synopsis and the forms it can draft.
Source-grounded
Section titled “Source-grounded”The principle that Cedent works from your real email and documents and can point to the source behind any fact, summary, or draft — so you can verify it rather than take it on faith. See Where Cedent’s answers come from.
Source trust
Section titled “Source trust”How much weight Cedent gives a fact based on where it came from. A detail from a certified court order outranks the same detail mentioned informally in an email. This is how the synopsis decides what to trust when sources disagree.
Suggested action
Section titled “Suggested action”A one-click prompt in a matter’s brief, such as “File response,” that opens the matter chat with the request ready to run or edit.
Synopsis
Section titled “Synopsis”A matter’s structured, always-current summary, organized into sections suited to the practice area. Each fact in it carries the source it came from and a sense of how trustworthy that source is.
Timeline
Section titled “Timeline”The case in chronological order — filings, court orders, hearings, deadlines, email, and documents — with each entry linking back to its source.
Triage inbox
Section titled “Triage inbox”The view in your central inbox holding email Cedent was not sure how to file. You confirm or correct its read. See The triage inbox.
Trust score
Section titled “Trust score”Cedent’s confidence in a draft, shown so you know how closely to look before approving. Higher means more complete and better-supported; lower means something is missing or unverified. A prompt for your attention, not a final judgment.