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NOTES, practice. Short statements of what transpires on the trial of a 
cause; they are generally made by the judge and the counsel, for their Own 
satisfaction. 
     2. They are not, per se, evidence on another trial, not being in the 
nature of a deposition. 4 Binn. R. 110. But such notes were admitted in a 
court of equity as evidence of what had been stated by a witness at the 
trial of an action at law. 3 Y. & C. 413., And a verdict was amended, in a 
court of law, from the notes of the judges. 11 Ad. & El. 179; S. C. 39 Eng. 
C L R. 38; see 5 Whart. 156; 5 Watts & S. 51. 
     3. Notaries formerly made notes, matrix, by abbreviations, from which 
they made their records, and engrossed the acts which were passed before 
them. This original is now called the minutes. The notes of the 
prothonotaries and clerks of courts are called minutes.