Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
6. That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of
competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative
manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
{Court of record} (pron. r?*k?rd" in Eng.), a court whose
acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or
in books for a perpetual memorial.
{Debt of record}, a debt which appears to be due by the
evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a
cognizance.
{Trial by record}, a trial which is had when a matter of
record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that
there is no such record. In this case the trial is by
inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being
admissible. --Blackstone.
{To beat}, or {break}, {the record} (Sporting), to surpass
any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded;
as, to break the record in a walking match.