Record

A written account of the proceedings in a case, including all pleadings, evidence, and exhibits submitted in the course of the case.

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To preserve in a writing or printing, or by film, tape, etc. It often refers to "a precise history of a suit from its commencement to its termination, including the conclusions of law thereon drawn by the proper officer for the purpose of perpetuating the exact state of facts." 159 N.E. 591, 592. The record on appeal consists of those items introduced in evidence in the lower court, as well as a compilation of pleadings, motions, briefs, and other papers filed in the proceeding in the inferior court. Thus, if an argument by an appellant is based on facts other than those presented in the court below, the appellant will be going "outside the record" (hors the record) which the appellant ordinarily cannot do.

In real property law, to enter in writing in a book or other repository maintained as a public record any interest affecting real property, such as a mortgage upon or sale of land, located within the jurisdiction of the governmental entity maintaining the public record. See criminal record; of record; recording acts.

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1: the documentary account of something Example: confidential medical {h,2}records: as

a: an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer

b: an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer

c: the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding Example: the appeals court reviewed the trial {h,2}record

d: documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions

2: something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded

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1) v. (ree-cored) to put a document into the official records of a county at the office of the County Recorder or Recorder of Deeds. The process is that the document is taken or sent to the Recorder's office, a recording fee paid, the document is given a number (a document number, volume or reel number and page number), stamped with the date (and usually the time) of recording and then in most modern offices, microfilmed and the document returned a short time later. Normally recorded is any document affecting title to real property such as a deed, deed of trust, mortgage, reconveyance, release, declaration of homestead, easement, judgment, lien, request for notice of default, foreclosure, satisfaction of judgment, decree of distribution of a dead person's estates and sometimes long-term leases. These recordings provide a traceable chain of title to the property and give the public "constructive" notice of all interests in the property. In most states if there is more than one document affecting the property (such as two deeds, two mortgages, or a judgment and mortgage), the first one recorded has "seniority" and first claim on the property in what is called a "race to the courthouse." 2) v. to write down or tape the minutes, financial transactions, discussions and other happenings at meetings. 3) n. (reck-urred) in trials, hearings or other legal proceedings the total of the proceedings which are transcribed by a court reporter and included in the minutes of the clerk or judge, as well as all the documents filed in the case. On an appeal, the record includes everything that transpired before the appeal, upon which the written briefs (opposing legal arguments) and oral argument are based. On appeal the court can consider only the record, unless there is a claim of "newly discovered evidence."

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RECORD - A written account of all the acts and proceedings in a lawsuit.

A written memorial made by a public officer authorized by law to perform that function, and intended to serve as evidence of something written, said, or done.

Records may be divided into those which relate to the proceedings of congress and the state legislatures - the courts of common law - the courts of chancery - and those which are made so by statutory provisions.

1. Legislative acts. The acts of congress and of the several legislatures are the highest kind of records. The printed journals of congress have been so considered.

2. The proceedings of the courts of common law are records. But every minute made by a clerk of a court for his own future guidance in making up his record, is not a record.

3. Proceedings in courts of chancery are said not to be, strictly speaking, records; but they are so considered.

4. The legislatures of the several states have made the enrollment of certain deeds and other documents necessary in order to perpetuate the memory of the facts they contain, and declared that the copies thus made should have the effect of records.