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n

  1. A courtÂ’s or a lawyerÂ’s record of a case.
  2. v. The act of submitting a document, generally to a court. 

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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