Trial by the record
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A form of trini resorted to where issue is taken upon a plea of nul tiel record, in which case the party asserting the existence of a reconi as pleaded is bound to produce it in court on a day assigned. If the record is forthcoming, the issue is tried by inspection and examination of it. If the record is not produced, judgment is given for his adversary.
3 BI. Comm. 330.