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legal hold

A communication issued as a result of current or anticipated litigation, audit, government investigation, or other such matter that suspends the normal disposition or processing of records

Also referred to as  freeze notice, hold, hold notice, litigation hold, preservation order, and suspension order.

Source: The Sedona Conference Glossary: E-Discovery & Digital Information Management [15].

See also  destruction hold and frozen records.