(v.t.) That which has been or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
(v.t.) A writing by which some act or event or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.
(v.t.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.
(v.t.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.
(v.t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
(v.t.) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.