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matter of record

matter of record noun: a fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.

Noun

matter of record (plural matters of record)

  1. A fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.
    • When Dick Larkin asked to see his credentials, the inspector not only produced them, but gave the owner's name and the county in which the brand was a matter of record.1906, Andy Adams, The Story of a Poker Steer
    • It is a matter of record in history that asphalt was used in the construction of a highway in Peru, being built by prehistoric races.1905, The Inland Architect and News Record, volume 45, page 65
  2. A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court.

matter of record meaning in Tamil

matter of record in Tamil

சாட்சியம், சான்று, தீர்ப்பு

Examples of matter of record in a sentence

  • This has now been privately printed and deposited in several of the leading libraries as a matter of record.1920, “Memoirs of Capt. Andrew Talcott”, in Engineering News-record, volume 85, page 805:
  • Indeed, African American history, like all history, remains as much a matter of argument as a matter of record.2004, John Ernest, Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861, page 1:
  • My feelings about share buybacks in an R&D driven industry like this one have been a matter of record for some time, for all the good that does.2018 February 27, Derek Lowe, “Business and Markets: Where’s All That Money Going? (Pharma Edition)”, in Science Translational Medicine:

Forms of matter of record

pluralmatters of record

Questions about matter of record

What does matter of record mean?
Matter of record means a fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.
What is matter of record in Tamil?
Matter of record in Tamil is சாட்சியம், சான்று, தீர்ப்பு. See Matter of record meaning in Tamil.
How do you use matter of record in a sentence?
This has now been privately printed and deposited in several of the leading libraries as a matter of record.
What part of speech is matter of record?
Matter of record is a noun.
What is the plural of matter of record?
The plural of matter of record is matters of record.

Words near matter of record in the dictionary

  1. matter of fact
  2. matter of factly
  3. matter of law
  4. matter of life and death
  5. matter of life or death
  6. matter of record
  7. matter of time
  8. matter painting
  9. matter paintings
  10. matter wave
  11. matter waves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matter of record (page history and authors); matter of record (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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