FOR THE RECORD.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. - In a story Saturday about an upcoming court hearing related to the company that claims to have produced a human clone, The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. erroneously reported that the company was ordered to disclose the whereabouts of the baby girl and her mother. The story also said a witness subpoena subpoena (səpē`nə) [Lat.,=under penalty], in law, an order to a witness to appear before a court. A subpoena ad testificandum [Lat. and summons issued to a Clonaid vice president were approved by a court. In fact, at this point, Clonaid has not been ordered to disclose any information. The Clonaid vice president may be asked about the child's whereabouts, but that will not be clear until the Jan. 22 hearing. Also, the subpoena and summons were issued by a court clerk A court clerk, in British English clerk to the court or in American English clerk of the court is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining the records of a court. Another duty is to swear in witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors. , not approved by the court itself. |
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