(A) civil law. An engagement which a person, who makes a solemn accusation of a crime against another, enters into, that he will suffer the same punishment, if he has accused, the other falsely, which would have been inflicted upon him had he been guilty. (B) evidence. Something written or engraved. 2. Inscriptions upon tombstones and other proper places, as rings, and the like, are held to be evidence of pedigree. (C) In evidence. Anything written or engraved upon a metallic or other solid substance, intended for great durability; as upon a tombstone, pillar, tablet medal, ring, etc. In modern civil law. The entry of a mortgage, Hen, or other document at large In a book of public records; corresponding to “recording” or “registration.”