Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

past recollection recorded

Evidence. A document concerning events that a witness once knew about but can no longer remember. ( The document itself is evidence and, despite being hearsay, may be admitted (or read into the record) if it was prepared or adopted by the witness when the events were fresh in the witness's memory. Fed. R. Evid. 803(5). - Also termed recorded recollection; past recorded recollection. Cf. PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED.