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Duplicate

duplicate vt

-cat·ed
-cat·ing
: to make a duplicate of
du·pli·ca·tive [-kā-tiv]
adj

[dü-pli-kət, dyü-] n : either of two things exactly alike and often produced at the same time
;specif
: a counterpart identified in the Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 1001 as produced by the same impression as the original or from the same matrix or by means of photography, mechanical, or electronic rerecording, chemical reproduction, or another technique which accurately reproduces the original compare original



Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

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