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instrument

instrument. 1. A written legal document that defines rights, duties, entitlements, or liabilities, such as a contract, will, promissory note, or share certificate. “An ‘instrument’ seems to embrace contracts, deeds, statutes, wills, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, schemes, letters patent, rules, regulations, bye-laws, whether in writing or in print, or partly in both; in fact,

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on the record

on the record. 1. (Of a statement, comment, or testimony) recorded as official evidence of a proceeding, such as a trial or deposition. 2. (Of a statement) intended for quotation or attribution. • In either sense, whenever the phrase appears before the noun it modifies, it should be hyphenated (an on-the-record statement). Cf. OFF THE

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off the record

off the record. 1. (Of a statement, comment, or testimony) not recorded as official evidence of a proceeding, such as a trial or deposition. 2. (Of a statement) not intended for quotation or attribution. • In either sense, whenever the phrase appears before the noun it modifies, it should be hyphenated (off-the-record comments). Cf. ON

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