Nova
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"Document" isn't a legal term per se. It is used for anything one puts on paper (or files electronically nowadays).Re: the interviews, I interpret that as saying the defense is skeptical about anything allegedly said in those interviews without seeing the videotaped interviews first hand. No idea about the difference between a document and memorandum, is there a difference?
The full name of a "memo" is a Memorandum of Points and Authorities (or "Memo of Ps & As" for short). In my experience (25 years working legal support) a Memo of Ps & As is filed in support of a Complaint or Motion or Reply or other type of document asking the court to do (or not to do) something.
Such a Memo of Ps & As will contain the arguments that side is making in support of their request, the facts on which the arguments are based, and the relevant statutes and case precedents.