Definitions Related to Fax Transactions and CM/ECF

(a) “Facsimile” or “fax” refers to a document transmitted by a system that encodes the document into electronic signals, transmits these electronic signals over a telephone line and reconstructs the signals to print a duplicate of the original document 7 at the receiving end. (b) “Fax transaction” means the fax transmission of a document to or from the Court. (c) “Service by fax transmission” means the transmission of a motion, notice or other document to an attorney, attorney-in-fact or a party under these Rules. (d) “Fax machine” means a machine that can send and receive, on plain paper, a fax transmission using the international standard for scanning, coding and transmitting established for Group 3 machines by the Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy of the International Telecommunication Union, in regular resolution.

(e) “Electronic Filing” means uploading a document directly from the filer’s computer onto the case docket via CM/ECF.