Exemplification
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A perfect copy of a record or office-book lawfully kept, so far as relates to the matter in question.
See, generally, 1 Stark. Ev. 151; 1 Phill. Ev. 307; Mills v. Duryee, 7 Cra. (U. S.) 481, 3 L. Ed. 411; Drummond v. Magruder, 9 Cra. (U. S.) 122, 3 L. Ed. 677; Hampton v. M'Connel, 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 234, 4 L. Ed. 378; Baker v. Field, 2 Yeates (Pa.) 532; Ellmore v. Mills, 2 N. C. 359; Smith v. Blagge, 1 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 238; Schaben v. U. S., 6 Ct. CI. 230; Thomas v. Stewart, 92 Ind. 246; Cox v. Jones, 52 Ga. 438.
As to the mode of authenticating records of other states, see Foreign' Judgments. EXEMPLUM (I/at.). In Civil Law. A copy.
A written authorized copy
Used also in the modern sense of example: ad exemplum constituti singulares non trahi (exceptional things must not be taken for examples). Calv. Lex. Exempli gratia, for the sake of example. Abb. e. g.