"Bates number" meaning in All languages combined

See Bates number on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Bates numbers [plural]
Etymology: Derived from Bates, the surname of the inventor of the first serial number-stamping machine. Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: Bates stamp Related terms: Bates numbering, Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding, Bates labeling
    Sense id: en-Bates_number-en-noun-RxhW7AhK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Topics: law

Verb [English]

Forms: Bates numbers [present, singular, third-person], Bates numbering [participle, present], Bates numbered [participle, past], Bates numbered [past]
Etymology: Derived from Bates, the surname of the inventor of the first serial number-stamping machine. Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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.
    Sense id: en-Bates_number-en-verb-Yhal6QLF

Inflected forms

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