book

book
book 1 n
1: a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition
— often used in pl.
the book s show a profit
3: the bets registered by a bookmaker; also: the business or activity of giving odds and taking bets
book 2 vt: to make (an arrested person) undergo booking

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

book
I verb accuse, arrest, chronicle, docket, engage, enter, enumerate, file, index, inscribe, insert, list, log, make an entry, mark down, note, order, post, prefer charges, record, register, report, schedule, seize legally, tabulate, take into custody, write down II index document, engage (hire), enroll, file (place among official records), program, publication (printed matter), record, register, retain (employ), script, set down

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


book
n.
A document containing the accounts or records of a business.
v.
To perform administrative tasks such as recording the name and alleged crime of someone who has been arrested and brought to the police station.
n.
booking

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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Synonyms:
, / (of a written work),


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