refresh one's memory
- The process where a witness uses a document, exhibit, or prior testimony to recall an event or statement previously forgotten or not easily remembered. It applies especially when a witness, after failing to remember something, confirms the authenticity of the material used to aid recall
- The lawyer asked the witness to look at the email to refresh one's memory about the agreement details.
- After looking at the photographs, she managed to refresh one's memory about the accident scene.
- The statement he gave last year was used to refresh one's memory about the sequence of events.
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