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collected writing

A subset of known writing. Samples of a known person’s handwriting/signatures that have been produced throughout the course of day-to-day business, are typically not related to the case at hand, and have been collected for the purposes of comparison against questioned material. Examples include letters, diaries, business records, forms, or checks. These are also known as normal course specimens, course of business specimens, or undictated writing.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB Standard 207 Standard for Collection and Preservation of Document Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2026. Source link
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