Bates number
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Bates, the surname of the inventor of the first serial number-stamping machine.
Noun[edit]
Bates number (plural Bates numbers)
- (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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Verb[edit]
Bates number (third-person singular simple present Bates numbers, present participle Bates numbering, simple past and past participle Bates numbered)
- 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 […]