- The Case
- A claim, stated plainly, argued from both sides. The case is the thing that persists.
- The Docket
- One trial event against that claim. A retrial opens a new docket — it never overwrites the last one.
- The Record
- The running tally of cases won. It accumulates, permanently, in public.
The Referee
4C-123 is a referee, not a judge. The instrument measures how well a claim was argued; the referee rules on what it measured; each side receives a score.
Arguing a claim well and the claim being true are different things. Only the first is measured here.