Notes
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
practice, are short statements of what transpires on the trial of cause; they are generally made by the judge and the counsel, for their own satisfaction. They are not, per se, evidence on another trial, not being in the nature of a deposition.
4 Binn. R. 110.
Notaries formerly made notes, matriz, by abbreviations, from which they made ’ their records, and engrossed the acts utes. The notes of the prothonotaries and clerks of courts are called minutes.