Diminution
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Incompleteness.
A word signifying that the record sent up from an inferior to a superior court for review is incomplete or not fully cortified. In such case the party may suggest a "diminution of the record," which may be rectified by a certiorari.
2 Tidd, Pr. 1109.