DUPLICATE

duplicate  (d[y]oo-pli-kit),  n.1.  A  reproduction  of  an  original  document  having  the  same

particulars and effect as the original. See Fed. R. Evid. 101(4). 2. A new original, made to replace

an  instrument  that  is  lost  or  destroyed.  —  Also  termed  (in  sense  2)  duplicate  original.  [Cases:

Criminal   Law      399;   Evidence      173.   C.J.S.   Evidence   §§   1074,   1114.]   —   duplicate

(d[y]oo-pli-kit), adj.

“A ‘duplicate’ is defined for purposes of the best evidence rule as a counterpart produced by

the  same  impression  as  the  original,  or  from  the  same  matrix,  or  by  means  of  photography

including  enlargements  and  miniatures,  by  mechanical  or  electronic  recording,  by  chemical

reproduction,  or  by  other  equivalent  techniques  which  accurately  reproduce  the  original;  copies

subsequently produced manually, either handwritten or typed, are not within this definition.” 29A

Am. Jur. 2d Evidence § 1085 (1994).

duplicate (d[y]oo-pli-kayt),  vb.1. To copy exactly <he  duplicated the  original document>.2.

To double; to repeat <she duplicated the performance>. [Blacks Law 8th]