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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 106 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, See also:modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. See also:rap See also:porter, See also:Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an See also:account, See also:news, &c.)  , an See also:account or statement of events, speeches, proceedings, the results of investigations, &c., " brought back " by one who was See also:present either casually or sent for the specific purpose, hence reputation, rumour . A See also:special sense, that of a loud See also:noise, as of the See also:explosion of firearms, appears as See also:early as the end of the 16th See also:century . For the reports of speeches, See also:parliamentary debates, &c., in the daily See also:press see See also:REPORTING below, and for the particular See also:form of See also:law reporting see See also:ENGLISH LAW; See also:AMERICAN LAW .

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