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Written with or by the hand not printed as a manuscript volume...
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Manuscript
Manuscript, an unpublished writing; an author's typescript or written work product that is proposed for publication, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 978....
Affidavit
Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath.By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence is, as a rule, to be given viva voce; but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness may be read at the hearing or trial on such conditions as are thought reasonable; provided that no such order be made where a witness can be produced and is bona fide required for cross-examination (R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., r. 1). A new Procedure is provided for by R. S. C., Ord. XXXVIII. A., r. 8 J. affidavits must be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.As to time for fil...
Antiquity
Antiquity, includes--(i) any coin, sculpture, manuscript, epigraph, or other work of art or craftsmanship, (ii) any article, object or thing detached, from a building or cave, (iii) any article, object or thing illustrative of science, art, crafts, literature, religion, customs, morals or politics in bygone ages, (iv) any article, object or thing of historical interest, and (v) any article, object or things declared by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be an antiquity for the purposes of this Act, which has been in existence for not less than one hundred years and (ii) any manuscript, record or other document which is of scientific, historical literary or aesthetic value and which has been in existence for not less than seventy-five years.[Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, (52 of 1972), s. 2(a)]...
Public records
Public records, includes:(i) any document, manuscript and file,(ii) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document,(iii) any reproduction of images embodied is such microfilm (whether enlarged or not), and(iv) any other material produce by a computer or by any other device, of any records creating agency. [Maharashtra Public Records Act, 2005, s. 2(g)]Public records, includes:(i) any document, manuscript and file;(ii) any microfilm microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;(iii) any reproduction of images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and(iv) any other material produced by a computer or by any other device of any records creating agency. [Public Records Act, 1993 (69 of 1993), s. 2 (e)]The general Records of the Realm are in the custody of the Master of the Rolls (see RECORD), and may be proved by a copy purporting to be carried by the deputy keeper of these Records [see the (English) Public Record Office Acts, 1838-1898]. As to public documents, s...
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the par...
Bibliography
a history or description of books and manuscripts with notices of the different editions the times when they were printed etc...
Black letter
The old English or Gothic letter in which the Early English manuscripts were written and the first English books were printed It was conspicuous for its blackness See Type...
Blotting paper
A kind of thick bibulous unsized paper used to absorb superfluous ink from a freshly written manuscript and thus prevent blots...
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