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past recollection recorded

past recollection recorded : a witness's written account of a past event prepared at a time when his or her memory of it was fresh ;also : an exception to the hearsay rule allowing admission of such an account into evidence if the witness has insufficient present memory of the event or has no memory of having recorded it but is confident that the account is accurate compare present recollection refreshed NOTE: A document containing a past recollection recorded may only be admitted as an exhibit if offered by an adverse party. Otherwise, it may only be read into evidence. ...


present recollection refreshed

present recollection refreshed : a rule of evidence allowing the use of a writing to jog the memory of a witness and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered called also present recollection revived compare past recollection recorded ...


Recollection

The act of recollecting or recalling to the memory the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory or ideas revived in the mind reminiscence remembrance...


Recollective

Having the power of recollecting...


Bethink

To call to mind to recall or bring to recollection reflection or consideration to think to consider generally followed by a reflexive pronoun often with of or that before the subject of thought...


free associate

to express ones thoughts ideas impressions etc in an unplanned and unstructured way allowing each thought or idea to prompt recollection of the next one It is a process used in psychotherapy...


Misrecollect

To have an erroneous remembrance of to suppose erroneously that one recollects...


Misrecollection

Erroneous or inaccurate recollection...


Recite

To repeat as something already prepared written down committed to memory or the like to deliver from a written or printed document or from recollection to rehearse as to recite the words of an author or of a deed or covenant...


Recollect

A friar of the Strict Observance an order of Franciscans...


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