Exemplification
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A perfect copy of a record or office book lawfully kept, so far as relates to the matter in question. 3 Bouv. Inst, note 3107. See, generally, 1 Starkie, Ev. 151; 1 Phil. Ev. 307; 7 Cranch (U. S.) 481; 9 Cranch (U. S.) 122; 3 Wheat. (U. S.) 234; 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 469; 2 Yeates (Pa.) 532; 1 Hayw. (N. C.) 359; 1 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 238. A certified copy of a record or recorded instrument. EXEMPLUM (Lat.)
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.; Vicat; Co. Litt. 24a.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An official transcript of a document from public records, made in form to be used as evidence, and authenticated as a true copy.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A certified copy, under seal,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. exemplificatio; from exemplum, a copy, and facere, to make.] A certified transcript, under seal, of a record. An exemplification of letters patent is a certified transcript of the enrolment, under the great seal. Cowell. Burton's Real Prop. 160. 1 Archb. Pr. 159, 162. The term is confined to matters of record. 3 Inst. 173. 6 Co. 62, Page's Case. Cowell.