A court document is an example of a secondary source. True or False

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26 January, 20:02

A court document is an example of a secondary source. True or False

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Brenton Mitchell · Answer 1

False. A court document is an example of a primary source, not a secondary one.

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A court document, like any other original document, is a primary source because it gives testimony concerning a historical time; primary sources were created contemporaneously with a specific event being researched and serve as evidence of such event. A court document is a valuable primary source that can provide evidence of a certain legal process and also of the characteristics of legal processes during a specific time in history.