Copy

A transcript of an original writing, as a charter, patent, deed, writ, pleading, afl Bdavit, etc. Copies are of two principal kinds: copies under seal, which are called exemplifications, and copies not under seal. Copies not under seal are also, in England, of two kinds: sworn copies and office copies. A sworn or examined copy is a copy sworn to have been examined with the original record or paper; an office copy is a copy made out by the officer in whose hands the original is, without being examined. A certified copy, in the United States, is an examined copy certified by the officer having the custody of the original.