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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
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A Byzantine terra applied to the first sheet pasted on a manuscript roll, statmg by whom it was written, &c.
Wedgwood. 2.
The first or original copy of any thing.
Tomtins. 3.
The entry of any written instrument in the book of a notary or public officer, which, in case of the loss of the instrument, may be admitted as evidence of its contents.
Tomlins. 4.
A document serving as the preliminary to, or opening of, any diplomatic transaction.
Latham.
Prout patet per recordum. As appears by the record. Words of reference to a record, used in Latin form.s of pleadings, &c. A record having been once set forth in fuU, it might be refei Tod to by this formula.