The transcript or double of an original writing; as the copy of a patent charter, deed, etc. Exemplifications are copies verified by the great seal or by the seal of a court. West Jersey Traction Co. v. Board of Public Works, 57 N. J. Law, 313, 30 Atl. 581. Examined copies are those which have been compared with the original or with an official record thereof. Office copies are those made by officers Intrusted with the originals and authorized for that purpose.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
A copy is a true transcript of an original writing. 2. Copies cannot be given in evidence, unless proof is made that the originals, from which they are taken, are lost, or in the power of the opposite party; and in the latter case, that notice has been given him to produce the original. 3. To prove a copy of a record, the witness must be able to swear that he has examined it, line for line, with the original, or has examined the copy, while another person read the original. It is not requisite that the persons examining should exchange, papers, and read them alternately. An examined copy of the books of unincorporated banks are not, per se, evidence.