Public Record
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A record maintained by public authorities, or open to the inspection of the public.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A record required by law to be kept, or necessary to be kept in the discharge of a duty imposed by law, or directed by law to serve as a memorial and evidence of something written, said, or done. See 175 Ind. 132, Ann. Cas. 1913B, 1271, 93 N. E. 666.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Tecord, memorial of some act or transaction, written evidence of something done, or document, considered as either concerning or interesting the public, affording notice or information to the public, or open to public inspection. See Keefe v. Donnell, 92 Me. 151, 42 Atl. 345; Colnon v. Orr, 71 Cal. 43, 11 Pac. 814.
Defined under Record in Black's Law Dictionary.