Refresh The Memory
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To revive the recollection of a subject by referring to something connected with it. Commonly applied to the right of a witness to refer, even on the stand, to memoranda made by him at the time of a transaction, but which are not of themselves evidence, to refresh his recollection. See 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 301; 6 Pick. (Mass.) 222; 2 Conn. 213,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To refer to something connected with the subject matter in order to bring it back to the mind of the witness.