Exhibit in United States

Exhibit Definition

As a verb, to produce a thing publicly, so that it may be taken possession of and seized. Dig. 10. 4. 2. To file of record. Thus, it is the practice in England in personal actions, when an officer or prisoner of the king’s bench is defendant, to proceed against such defendant in the court in which he is an officer, by exhibiting, that is, filing, a bill against him. Steph. PI. 52, note (1) ; 2 Sellon, Prac. 74. To administer; to cause a thing to be taken by a patient. Chit. Med. Jur. 9. As a noun, a supplemental paper referred to in the principal instrument, identified in some particular manner, as by a capital letter, and generally attached to the principal instrument. 1 Strange, 674; 2 P. Wms. 410; Gresl. Eq. Ev. 98. A paper referred to in and filed with the bill, answer, or petition in a suit in equity.

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As a verb, to produce a thing publicly, so that it may be taken possession of and seized. Dig. 10. 4. 2. To file of record. Thus, it is the practice in England in personal actions, when an officer or prisoner of the king’s bench is defendant, to proceed against such defendant in the court in which he is an officer, by exhibiting, that is, filing, a bill against him. Steph. PI. 52, note (1) ; 2 Sellon, Prac. 74. To administer; to cause a thing to be taken by a patient. Chit. Med. Jur. 9. As a noun, a supplemental paper referred to in the principal instrument, identified in some particular manner, as by a capital letter, and generally attached to the principal instrument. 1 Strange, 674; 2 P. Wms. 410; Gresl. Eq. Ev. 98. A paper referred to in and filed with the bill, answer, or petition in a suit in equity.

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Exhibit in Trial

A document or any other tangible item that has been received in evidence at a trial. The general rule is that a jury is permitted to take exhibits into the jury room at the court’s discretion. In criminal cases, permission may be granted for the jury to have exhibits in the jury room only upon the consent of the defendant and the counsel for the prosecution.

Exhibit of an Instrument

Attachment to a legal instrument that is too lengthy to be typed in the body of the document itself or provides further explanation of the document. Usually marked “Exhibit A,” “B,” and so on.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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