##  [Records as Evidence Principle](/records-evidence-principle) 

  ##  [Records as Evidence Principle](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/records-evidence-principle-0) 

  

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Definition

The proposition that documentary records (physical or digital) function as evidentiary traces of activities, transactions, or decisions only when their content, contextual metadata, and chain of custody are preserved in a way that supports later reconstruction, authentication and interpretation.