rudiments questions, asked one after the other, which handle suppressions, invalidations, missed withholds and "careful of," and which begin with "Since the last time I audited you_._._." or a similar phrase. Example: "Since the last time I audited you, is there anything you have been careful of?" The same basic questions without the "since" portion were first used mid-session to inquire about various rudiments during a session and so the term mid ruds (middle rudiments) was applied to "since" ruds as well. —Pro TRs Transcript Glossary. Final approval 29/10/89