"matter of record" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1906, Andy Adams, The Story of a Poker Steer:",
          "text": "When Dick Larkin asked to see his credentials, the inspector not only produced them, but gave the owner's name and the county in which the brand was a matter of record.",
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        {
          "ref": "1905, The Inland Architect and News Record, volume 45, page 65:",
          "text": "It is a matter of record in history that asphalt was used in the construction of a highway in Peru, being built by prehistoric races.",
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        {
          "ref": "1920, “Memoirs of Capt. Andrew Talcott”, in Engineering News-record, volume 85, page 805:",
          "text": "This has now been privately printed and deposited in several of the leading libraries as a matter of record.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, John Ernest, Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861, page 1:",
          "text": "Indeed, African American history, like all history, remains as much a matter of argument as a matter of record.",
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          "ref": "2018 February 27, Derek Lowe, “Business and Markets: Where’s All That Money Going? (Pharma Edition)”, in Science Translational Medicine:",
          "text": "My feelings about share buybacks in an R&D driven industry like this one have been a matter of record for some time, for all the good that does.",
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        "A fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications."
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        "A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court."
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        "(law) A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court."
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          "ref": "1906, Andy Adams, The Story of a Poker Steer:",
          "text": "When Dick Larkin asked to see his credentials, the inspector not only produced them, but gave the owner's name and the county in which the brand was a matter of record.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, The Inland Architect and News Record, volume 45, page 65:",
          "text": "It is a matter of record in history that asphalt was used in the construction of a highway in Peru, being built by prehistoric races.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, “Memoirs of Capt. Andrew Talcott”, in Engineering News-record, volume 85, page 805:",
          "text": "This has now been privately printed and deposited in several of the leading libraries as a matter of record.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, John Ernest, Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861, page 1:",
          "text": "Indeed, African American history, like all history, remains as much a matter of argument as a matter of record.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2018 February 27, Derek Lowe, “Business and Markets: Where’s All That Money Going? (Pharma Edition)”, in Science Translational Medicine:",
          "text": "My feelings about share buybacks in an R&D driven industry like this one have been a matter of record for some time, for all the good that does.",
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