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Bates number

Bates number noun: a number affixed to a document indicating its number in a series of documents, usually with respect to evidentiary documents being provided to the other party in a legal proceeding.

Noun

Bates number (plural Bates numbers)

  1. A number affixed to a document indicating its number in a series of documents, usually with respect to evidentiary documents being provided to the other party in a legal proceeding.
    Synonyms:
    Bates stamp

Verb

Bates number (third-person singular simple present Bates numbers, present participle Bates numbering, simple past and past participle Bates numbered)

  1. To stamp or label documents with Bates numbers.
    • When Bates numbering documents for production, remove any documents among them that are not relevant or not covered by the request before Bates numbering […]2006, Robert J. MacPherson, Buckner Hinkle, W. Alexander Moseley, Discovery deskbook for construction disputes, page 73

Synonyms of Bates number

  • Bates stamp

Forms of Bates number

Noun
pluralBates numbers
Verb
third-person singular presentBates numbers
present participleBates numbering
past participleBates numbered
pastBates numbered

Origin of Bates number

Derived from Bates, the surname of the inventor of the first serial number-stamping machine.

Questions about Bates number

What does Bates number mean?
Bates number means a number affixed to a document indicating its number in a series of documents, usually with respect to evidentiary documents being provided to the other party in a legal proceeding.
What part of speech is Bates number?
Bates number can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of Bates number?
The plural of Bates number is Bates numbers.

Words near Bates number in the dictionary

  1. bateriocin
  2. bateriocins
  3. bates
  4. Bates County
  5. Bates method
  6. Bates number
  7. Bates numbered
  8. Bates numbering
  9. Bates numberings
  10. Bates numbers
  11. Batesburg

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