I think you can use this term, which is current in at least some US states.

"Absoluciones" here means the responses (normally if not always sworn) made by one of the litigants to questions put by the other side: in other words, a deposition.

"ABSOLUCIÓN DE POSICIONES.
En la prueba de confesión o interrogatorio de las partes, acto de responder el litigante bajo juramento o promesa a las preguntas de la otra parte."
http://www.lexjuridica.com/diccionario/a.htm

See also http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/government_poli...

A deposition, once made, is placed in a sealed envelope, called a deposition envelope:

"8.02 Depositions.
(A) All filings of depositions shall conform to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure. The Clerk shall not accept for filing a sealed deposition envelope containing more than one deposition.
(B) Upon receipt of a sealed deposition, the Clerk shall file-stamp the deposition, place the deposition back into the envelope in which it was delivered, and reseal the envelope."
http://www.co.delaware.oh.us/court/pdf/Local Rules _3.pdf

Written interrogatories, which is what we seem to be dealing with here, may be served in an envelope:

"(3) Participating Through Written Questions. Instead of participating in the oral examination, a party may serve written questions in a sealed envelope on the party noticing the deposition, who must deliver them to the officer. The officer must ask the deponent those questions and record the answers verbatim."
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_30

This envelope, containing the questions, also seems to be known as a "deposition envelope":

"For the first time in a few years, I am probating a non-Texas prepared will that I need to use written interrogatories served on a out of state witness. In the past, I obtained a "deposition envelope" from the Odee Company. It seems that they no longer provide such items.
Does anyone know where I can obtain a deposition envelope to use for written interrogations mailed to an out of state witness?"
http://answerpot.com/showthread.php?1036664-Written Interrog...

This seems to be what you're dealing with here.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-23 05:36:48 GMT)
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OK, I'm aware there is a difference between a deposition by a witness and a litigant's response to an interrogatory, but there doesn't seem to be any other term for the envelope itself.

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And it seems pretty clear that this "sobre de absoluciones" contains an interrogatory -- a series of questions that have not yet been put, even though "absoluciones" are actually replies to questions. So they are using the term loosely too.

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This procedure, as Lucía describes, really is rather different from depositions and even interrogatories, which pre-trial procedures, and I am not sure "deposition envelope" would be a suitable choice. There is probably no existing expression in English for this. Perhaps it would be best just to say "the questions were removed from the envelope"!

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Questions put by one side to the other at trial cannot properly be called "interrogatories", I think. I don't really know what this procedure should be called.

I'm guessing the questions were previously answered at some point and sealed in an envelope (to prevent tampering) and are now being read out in court?


... before him ; and shall seal them up in an envelope, with the interrogatories and the commission, with his name across the seal, and endorsed on the envelope ...
http://books.google.com.mx/books?id=bFuboKv4N1oC&pg=PA121&lp...


Definitions 1-2 of 2
english spanish
answer to interrogatories {n} absolución de posiciones {f}
reply to interrogatories {n} absolución de posiciones {f}
http://www.wikilang.com/List/Translation/absolución de posic...

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That should have been: "replies to interrogatories' envelope".

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“sealed response(s) to interrogatories”

Points aside, it would be nice to get a correct term in the glossary. I don’t think this is a case of the term “absoluciones” being loosely used for pliego de posiciones. From the asker’s note to my answer, “my client is the man who was being questioned”, it seems the interrogatories have already been answered, according to which I presume they are being admitted after having been deemed legal and admissible; this is where it would have been handy to get the text where the asker says, “[and there his testimony begins]”.

So, although the envelope does contain the “pliego de posiciones”, if they have already been answered a distinction needs to be made to show that the envelope does not just contain the “pliego de posiciones” but also the responses thereto.

In my research of this question I don’t remember seeing the word “envelope”, and thus, it would be preferable to use the term “sealed”, which, by definition, makes it clear that it is contained in some sort of envelope. Something like: “sealed response(s) to interrogatories”.

These alternate tools include the imposition of protective orders, sealed interrogatories, a stay for a finite period of time, or a stay limited to a specific subject matter.
http://www.thelinderfirm.com/library/parallel-proceedings.ht...

The response must contain the standard heading, be entitled “Response to Interrogatories”, be sworn or affirmed by the person answering the questions, and provide a reference to each question and either of the following:
(a) the answer to the question;
(b) a refusal to answer the question and the reason for the refusal.
http://nslaw.nsbs.org/nslaw/ruleSection.do;jsessionid=3A77D5...


This inquisition is made by a copyist and a judge who dictates to the former the interrogatories put to the accused, and his answers
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/micha-kubrakiewicz/rev...

Form 19.07
Response to Interrogatories
http://nslaw.nsbs.org/nslaw/displayDocument.do;jsessionid=05...

…each party has its own interpretation of these facts and discovery is not complete, but both the depositions of the plaintiff and her husband and the defendant's RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORIES form a coherent narrative, agreeing as to basic events and conversations among the parties.
http://de.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.1...

At page 1349 the Court noted a party is not "precluded from relying on facts that could have been but were not mentioned in response to interrogatories.
http://california-discovery-law.com/interrogatories.htm


A su vez, tales hechos deben referirse a una actuación personal del absolvente como dice el artículo 411, esto es hechos realizados por quien declara, o que han pasado por él mismo, o de los cuales él tiene conocimiento personal. Y a su vez, finalmente, como último requisito que tiene que ver con el concepto de “objeto” de este medio de prueba, tal declaración mejor dicho los “hechos” que son “objeto” de esta declaración, deben ser desfavorables a quien declara (denominado absolvente) y favorables al ponente, es decir a quien “pone” EL PLIEGO DE POSICIONES.

La “ABSOLUCIÓN DE POSICIONES” que así se denomina en definitiva; si bien la “confesión” es un medio de prueba, la “ABSOLUCIÓN DE POSICIONES” es la declaración en si misma y así se denomina cuando tal declaración está realizada en el contexto de un proceso bajo juramento o promesa de decir verdad frente a un interrogatorio, cumplido o formulado por escrito, y en el contexto de la normativa procesal. Esta absolución de posiciones o confesional debe ser, dentro de las características fundamentales, realizada en forma judicial, verbal, y también debe ser provocada. Es decir provocada en el proceso a través del instrumento necesario que es el pliego de posiciones. Finalmente como una cuestión introductoria vamos a señalar que los requisitos de lugar, tiempo y forma relativos a este medio probatorio que están enunciados en el 409 del Código Procesal.

Aunque éstas preguntas son formuladas, tienen una dinámica particular, no por eso escapan a la hipótesis en forma subsidiaria o analógica y como estamos en una misma audiencia de posiciones y el declarante, existe una continuidad entre las ABSOLUCIONES DE POSICIONES y esta pregunta recíproca se le hace extensiva por supuesto la aplicación de ciertos aspectos normativos que regulan la prueba confesional. No olvidemos que se trata de hechos personales o de conocimiento personal.
Volvamos, damos por finalizado el acto de la audiencia, donde hemos celebrado por tanto la “audiencia preliminar”, integrando los medios de prueba que hemos declarado procedentes, hemos recibido también la declaración de las partes, esto es las distintas ABSOLUCIONES DE POSICIONES, la “prueba confesional” cumpliendo así con todas las hipótesis o preceptos del art. 360 del C.P.C.C.
http://www.practicasprocesales.com.ar/todo.htm