John bare record, saying.
John i. 32.
4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a
monument; a memorial.
5. 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.
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6. 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.
Court of record (pron. r&?;*k&?;rd" in Eng.), a court whose acts and
judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a
perpetual memorial. -- Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due
by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a
cognizance. -- Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of
record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such
record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself,
no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone. -- To beat, or break,
the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as
authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.