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Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

That on which a cause is submitted to an appellate court, and may include the transcript of all papers on file in the case and all entries in the record book, but not the evidence.

See 143 Iowa, 578, 21 Ann. Cas. 231, 121 N. W. 685.

A written history of the proceedings in a cause from the beginning to the end.

See 147 U. S. 695, 37 L. Ed. 335, 13 Sup. Ct. Rep. 479.

To recite; to repeat; to transcribe.

See 126 Ala. 425, 85 Am. St. Rep. 42, 51 L. R. A. 396, 28 South. 497.

To file for record in a public office where the document is entitled to be recorded.

See 1 Rand. (Va.) 102.

See, also, Court of record; Public record.