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n

A ledger or register recording particular transactions or events such as financial transactions and police arrests.

v

To enter or record the details of a transaction or event into such a book.

v

The process at a police station of completing an arrest, including fingerprinting and photographing the defendant.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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