g manifested in writing. With dispositive, enabling, instructive, narrative and supporting, one of six functional categories of records. [Archives] 
n., Records whose written form is required by the juridical system as proof that an action has taken place prior to its documentation. [Archives] 
n., Documents constituting written evidence of a juridical act which was complete before being documented. [Archives] 
probative 
n.,
 The business procedure in the course of which a record is created. [Archives] 
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