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Bertillon system definition

Ber·til·lon· system (bʉr′tə län′; Fr ber tē yōn′)

a system of identifying people, esp. criminals, through records of body measurements, markings, coloring, etc., used before fingerprinting was adopted

Etymology: after A. Bertillon (1853-1914), Fr criminologist who developed it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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