Below

Definition - adv
1  : in a lower court <the presumption that the decisions ~...are correct ­W. J. Brennan, Jr.>
2  : lower on the same page or on a following page <the paragraph ~>

Definition - Preposition
: lower in place, rank, or value than
: in calculations that yield taxable income <deductions taken below the line>



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best evidence rule

a rule of evidence: in order to prove what is said or pictured in a writing, recording, or photograph the original must be provided unless the original is lost, destroyed, or otherwise unobtainable


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