present recollection refreshed
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present rec·ol·lec·tion re·freshed /-ˌre-kə-'lek-shən-/ n: a rule of evidence allowing the use of a writing to jog the memory of a witness and enable the witness to testify about things newly remembered
– called also present recollection revived
; compare past recollection recorded
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
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