redaction

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In another glaring instance, the university refused to explain the basis for claiming solicitor client privilege for a redaction which did not involve - on the face of it according to the decision report - the university's legal counsel. (paragraph 59)

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  1. noun The act or process of editing or revising a piece of writing; preparation for publication.
  2. noun An edited work; a new edition or revision.

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  • Its final redaction (setting aside somewhat later additions) was made by Judah the Saint, or Rabbi (about 150-210). —  Rashi
  • I was also operant in redaction, which is the therapeutic and analytical power that most lay persons call mind-alteration. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
  • He has not displayed much literary skill in the redaction, and I have been at pains to preserve the roughness of the original. —  The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
  • Bonaparte named Tronchet, Bigot de Préameneu, and the eloquent and learned Portalis for the redaction of the code. —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
  • However, the redaction is not included once a document travels outside the organization; ACOM is working on that for the next release, Doolittle says. —  Breaking News
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  1. =D. redaktie =G. Swedish Danish redaktion =F. rédaction, a compiling, also a working over, editing, the editorial staff, =Spanish redaccion =Portuguese redacção =Italian redazione, from New Latin redactio (n-), redaction, from Latin redigere, past participle redactus, lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state: see redact.
 

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