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DIMINUTION
Definition and Citations:
Incompleteness. A word signifying that the record sent up from anInferior to a superior court for review is incomplete, or not fully certified. In such casethe party may suggest a “diminution of the record,” which may be rectified by a certiorari.2 Tidd, Pr. 1109.