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Accession is
| “ | [t]he transfer of the legal and physical custody of permanent records from an agency to the National Archives.[1] | ” |
| “ | [t]he transfer of agency records to a Federal records center for temporary storage. The agency retains legal custody of the records.[2] | ” |
| “ | [t]o take legal and physical custody of a group of records or other materials and to formally document their receipt.[3] | ” |