re·cord 1 /ri-'kȯrd/ vt
1: to put in a record
2: to deposit or otherwise cause to be registered in the appropriate office as a record and notice of a title or interest in property
record a deed
record a mortgage see also recording act
3: to cause (as sound, images, or data) to be registered on something in reproducible form
record a telephone conversation
vi: to record something
rec·ord 2 /'re-kərd/ n
1: the documentary account of something
confidential medical record s: as
a: an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer
b: an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer
c: the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding
the appeals court reviewed the trial record
d: documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions see also business records exception, public records exception
2: something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded
of record
1: on the record of the court in connection with a particular proceeding
the attorney of record
2: being documented or attested
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.