RECORD

Literally an authentic account of any fact or transaction in writing, contained in rolls of parchment, wood, or any other durable substance, and preserved in a court of record. See Archives. Record. In Law, the authentic testimony in writing, contained in rolls of parchment, of the judgment of a superior court, and of the other proceedings in a case. Records are said to be of three kinds: — judicial records; ministerial records on oath, being offices or inquisitions found; records made by conveyance or consent, as fines, recoveries, or deeds enrolled. {See Court.) Trial by record is used where a matter of record is pleaded in any action, as a fine, judgment, .; and the opposite party pleads " nul tiel record," that there is no such record existing. On this i ue is joined, which can be tried only by inspection of the record [s. 1040]