0.    INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Legal
       administration response in civil proceedings message (CASRES)
       to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading
       partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.

1.    SCOPE

1.1   Functional Definition

       A legal response (CASRES) to a request for lodgement of data to
       commence or enforce a civil proceeding.

1.2   Field of Application

       The Legal administration response in civil proceedings message
       may be used for both national and international applications.
       It is based on universal practice related to administration,
       commerce and transport, and is not dependent on the type of
       business or industry.

1.3   Principles

       - This message represents the court or tribunal response for
       lodgement of data to commence or enforce civil proceeding.
       
       - The response may identify the parties involved in the
       dispute.
       
       - The response may provide information on the amount of money
       or any judgement that would be awarded to an individual party
       or collectively for the entire dispute.
       
       - The response may specify the terms of payment for the money
       awarded.
       
       - If the originating request contained erroneous information,
       the response would identify the error detected.

2.    REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 1.

3.    TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1   Standard terms and definitions

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 2.

4.    MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1   Data Segment Clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment
       Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating
       requirements.

4.1.1  Header section

       Information to be provided in the Header section:

   UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Legal administration response in
       civil proceedings message is CASRES.
       
       Note: Legal administration response in civil proceedings
       messages conforming to this document must contain the following
       data in segment UNH, composite S009:

       Data element  0065 CASRES
                     0052 D
                     0054 97A
                     0051 UN

   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment for unique identification of the message type, its
       function, and the reference number for the response.

   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment identifying the relevant dates and times associated
       with the response. The segment must be specified at least once
       to specify the processing date of the response message.

   ERC, Application error information
       A segment identifying the type of application errors within the
       message to which CASRES is a response.

   LOC, Place/location identification
       A segment identifying the jurisdiction and court or tribunal
       locations associated with the response message.

   RFF, Reference
       A segment to specify a particular reference associated with the
       response when required, e.g. reference number for a legal case.

   MOA, Monetary amount
       A segment identifying a monetary amount involved in the
       dispute.

   FTX, Free text
       A segment for free text information in coded or clear form, to
       give further clarification to the response message, e.g. the
       type of complaint, the nature of complaint.

4.1.2  Detail section

       Information to be provided in the Detail section:


   Segment group 1: NAD-SEQ-FTX
       A group of segments identifying the particulars of a party to a
       dispute.

      NAD, Name and address
          A segment identifying the name and address of a party.

      SEQ, Sequence details
          A segment to provide for the allocation of a sequence number
          (referenced in the GIR of Segment group 2) to a party
          involved in a dispute.

      FTX, Free text
          A segment for free text information in coded or clear form,
          to give further clarification when required of a party, e.g.
          'trading as' and other legal descriptions.


   Segment group 2: DOC-GIR-PAT-DTM-MOA-FTX
       A group of segments identifying the particular details
       applicable to a court or tribunal order.

      DOC, Document/message details
          A segment to provide relevant descriptive information
          relating to a court or tribunal order (certificate).

      GIR, Related identification numbers
          A segment to identify a group of parties (via the sequence
          numbers allocated in Segment group 1) related to an order,
          e.g. all the parties that the order is on behalf of, or all
          the parties to which the order applies.

      PAT, Payment terms basis
          A segment identifying the terms of payment, e.g. by
          instalment.

      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the relevant date, time or period
          associated with the order, e.g. date order made, instalment
          periods.

      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment identifying a monetary amount involved in the
          order.

      FTX, Free text
          A segment for free text information in coded or clear form,
          to give further clarification when required to a court or
          tribunal order.

   UNT, Message trailer
       A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
       segments in the message and the control reference number of the
       message.

4.2   Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)

          BGM Beginning of message
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          ERC Application error information
          FTX Free text
          GIR Related identification numbers
          LOC Place/location identification
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PAT Payment terms basis
          RFF Reference
          SEQ Sequence details
          UNH Message header
          UNT Message trailer

Contents of CASRES