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Journal

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002829

An official chronological record of the proceedings or actions of a legislative body or court. The Constitution requires each house of Congress to keep a journal, and the House Journal and Senate Journal record motions and votes, while the Congressional Record separately reports the debates. In accounting, a journal is a book of original entry where transactions are first recorded.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002829
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002829",
  "term": "Journal",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An official chronological record of the proceedings or actions of a legislative body or court. The Constitution requires each house of Congress to keep a journal, and the House Journal and Senate Journal record motions and votes, while the Congressional Record separately reports the debates. In accounting, a journal is a book of original entry where transactions are first recorded.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/journal/"
}

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