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account

account 1 a : a record of debit and credit entries to cover transactions involving a particular item (as cash or notes receivable) or

expunge

expunge ex·punged ex·pung·ing : to cancel out or destroy completely [ the court records of an acquitted defendant] ex·punge·ment n

: to make (as a document) false by mutilation, alteration, or addition [the motel clerk had falsified the records "M. A. Kelly"] b : to report (as information) falsely [the informant falsified his testimony]

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preserve

H. Williamson"] b : to maintain for use or consideration at a later time esp. by keeping a record of [deposed the witness to her testimony] [a party has the option of preserving the objection raised "J.

nisi prius

assize previously come to the county from which the jury is to be returned] : a court of record that tries an issue of fact before a jury and a single judge : trial court ;also :

present recollection refreshed

and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered called also present recollection revived compare past recollection recorded

praecipe

does not require immediate judicial review, such as the issuing of a subpoena or the preparing of a record for appellate review. When addressed to a judge, as for jury instructions in some jurisdictions, a praecipe is

posting

from a book or file of original entry to the proper account in a ledger ;also : the record produced by such a transfer 2 : the actual crediting or debiting of an account (as in payment

possession

possession : possession (as in adverse possession) that is antagonistic to the claims of all others (as a record owner) and that is carried out with the intention to possess the property exclusively notorious possession : possession

polygraph

polygraph : an instrument that records physiological pulsations ;esp : lie detector poly·graph·ic [pÄ -lē-gra-fik] adj

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