Which phrase is explicitly omitted in the initial exercise?

• A. appointed by the court.
• B. valid
• C. claim of trial error
• D. Franklin v. FCC

Answer: (A)

The question tests your ability to notice what language is left out of a legal text. In many exercises, the way an issue is framed—who has authority, what grounds apply, what authority is cited—depends on whether certain phrases are present or omitted.

Here, the phrase describing who makes the appointment is the one not stated: “appointed by the court”. Its absence signals that the text did not attribute appointment to the court, perhaps describing appointment by another body or leaving the appointing authority unspecified. The other items—remarks about something being valid, references to a claim of trial error, and a citation like Franklin v. FCC—are typical elements that would reasonably appear in such material, so they aren’t the omitted phrase.

So, the phrase explicitly omitted in the initial exercise is the one indicating appointment by the court.