Bates number

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Derived from Bates, the surname of the inventor of the first serial number-stamping machine.

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Bates number (plural Bates numbers)

  1. (law) A number affixed to a document indicating its number in a series of documents, usually with respect to evidentiary documents being provided to the other party in a legal proceeding.

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Bates number (third-person singular simple present Bates numbers, present participle Bates numbering, simple past and past participle Bates numbered)

  1. To stamp or label documents with Bates numbers.
    • 2006, Robert J. MacPherson, Buckner Hinkle, W. Alexander Moseley, Discovery deskbook for construction disputes, page 73:
      When Bates numbering documents for production, remove any documents among them that are not relevant or not covered by the request before Bates numbering []