Terminology Database
Terms or Phrases
- acceptance
- access
- access privileges
- access privileges code
- access restrictions
- access restrictions code
- access rights
- accessibility
- accession
- accession record
- accessioned records
- accountability
- accrual
- accuracy
- acquire
- acquired records
- acquisition
- act
- action
- active record
- activity
- actors
- address
- addressee
- addressee’s name
- administrative accountability
- administrative context
- administrative control
- admissibility
- affix
- agency
- agent
- aggregate archival unit
- aggregated records
- alteration
- analogue
- analogue component
- analogue data
- analogue document
- analogue encoding
- analogue medium
- analogue object
- analogue record
- analogue system
- annotation
- application
- application profile
- application programming interface
- appraisal
- appraisal decisions
- appraisal strategy
- appreciation
- architecture
- archival aggregation
- archival arrangement
- archival bond
- archival date
- archival description
- archival description system
- archival document
- archival documentation
- archival fonds
- archival framework
- archival methodology
- archival preservation
- archival preservation system
- archival science
- archival unit
- archive
- archives
- archivist
- arranged records
- arrangement
- assessments of authenticity
- attachment
- attestation
- attributes
- audiovisual
- audiovisual record
- audit trail
- aural record
- authentic copy
- authentic record
- authenticate
- authenticated record
- authentication
- authenticity
- authenticity requirement
- author
- authoritative copy
- authoritative record
- authoritative version
- authority
Term | agent
Glossary Definitions
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Dictionary Definitions
- n., 1. One who acts for another whether for any form of remuneration or not. 2. A person who, for another or others, for compensation, gain or reward, or hope or promise thereof, either alone or through one or more officials or salesmen, trades in real estate. 3. …4…5…6…7… [The Dictionary of Canadian Law, 3rd ed. c2004]
- n., 1. Something that produces an effect. 2. One who is authorized to act for or in place of another; a representative. [Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th ed. c2004]
- n., One who by mutual consent is authorized to act for another. [Webster’s New World Law Dictionary. c2006]
- n., One who is authorized to act for or in place of another.


