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proper

and justice [argued that the shareholder was acting in bad faith and lacked a purpose for examining its records] prop·er·ly adv

public

the service of the community or nation [holding office] d : provided for, used by, or containing the records of a government agency [the post office and other buildings] 3 : of or relating to people in

recognizance

Old French reconoisance, from reconoistre to recognize, from Latin recognoscere] 1 : an obligation entered into on the record before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as the paying of a debt) usually

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remittitur

portion of a verdict considered excessive compare additur 2 : a sending back of a case and its record from an appellate or superior court to a trial or inferior court for further proceedings (as additional findings

reporter

which such reports are reproduced see also citation compare advance sheet b : one who makes a shorthand record of a speech or proceeding ;specif : court reporter

rule of completeness

:a rule permitting a party to require introduction of the rest of or more of a document or recorded statement that is being used as evidence by the opposing party NOTE: The rule of completeness applies when

scrivener

scrivener [Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo-French escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write] : a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal documents

seal

: to authenticate or approve by or as if by a seal 2 : to close off (as records) from public access

search

to do so under international law (as in time of war) 3 : an examination of a public record or registry see also title search vt : to conduct a search of [ a premises] [ a

secretary

secretary pl: -tar·ies often cap 1 : an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors' and stockholders' meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company's interests 2

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