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Bertillon System

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Noun

1. bertillon system

a system or procedure for identifying persons

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bertillon System

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noun
a system formerly in use for identifying persons, esp criminals, by means of a detailed record of physical characteristics
. Also called: bertillonage

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Bertillon System

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a system of identifying people, esp. criminals, through records of body measurements, markings, coloring, etc., used before fingerprinting was adopted

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bertillon System

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n.
A system formerly used for identifying persons by means of a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and photographs. The Bertillon system was superseded by the more accurate procedure of fingerprinting.

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