(a) Courts. The term “courts” is defined as the supreme court of appeals, circuit courts, and magistrate courts.
(b) Facsimile Transmission. The term “facsimile transmission” is defined as the transmission of a document 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 at the receiving end.
(c) Facsimile Transaction. The term “facsimile transaction” is defined as the facsimile transmission of a document to or from a court.
(d) Service by Facsimile Transmission. The term “service by facsimile transmission” is defined as transmission of a motion, notice, or other document to an attorney, attorney-in-fact, or a party under these rules.
(e) Facsimile Machine. The term “facsimile machine” is defined as a machine that can send and receive on plain paper a facsimile transmission using the international standard for scanning, coding, and transmitting established for Group 3 machines by the Consultative Committee of International Telegraphy and Telephone of the International Telecommunications Union (CCITT), in regular resolution.
(f) Fax. The term “fax” is defined as a facsimile transmission as defined in TCR 12.02(b).