Legal Definition and Related Resources of Exhibit

A paper, document, drawing, photograph, article that is produced and exhibited to a court during a trial or hearing , as evidence . As a verb, the term means to present as to quote, to display , to show.

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.

verb

• bring forward
• bring to light
• bring to notice
• bring to view
• demonstrate
• disclose
• display
• evidence
• evince
• exhibere
• exponere
• expose
• express
• feature
• illustrate
• indicate
• lay bare
• lay open
• make clear
• make known
• make obvious
• make plain
• manifest
• offer for inspection
• open up
• point out
• present
• present for consideration
• present to view
• produce
• proponere
• reveal
• reveal to public notice
• set forth
• show
• submit in evidence
• uncover
• unveil Associated Concepts: exhibit in evidence

noun

• disclosure
• display
• document produced as evidence
• evidence
• exhibition
• exposition
• item of evidence
• object produced as evidence
• object submitted in proof of facts
• presentation
• revelation
• showing

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Exhibit in Historical Law

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Translate Mark An Exhibit from English to Spanish

Translation of Mark An Exhibit, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Marcar un documento o artículo de prueba and other legal terms is available here.

• Marcar un documento o artículo de prueba
• Legal English Translation

Translate Exhibit from English to Spanish

Translation of Exhibit , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Documento de prueba and other legal terms is available here.

• Documento de prueba
• Artículo de prueba
• Prueba material
• Legal English Translation

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English Spanish Translation of Exhibit

Prueba instrumental: Documento de prueba, objeto de prueba

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Exhibit in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This sect
ion provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of exhibit.

Meaning of Exhibit in Spanish

Description/ translation of exhibit into Spanish: prueba documental[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where exhibit belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Exhibit published by Antonio Peñaranda

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• exhibit in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• exhibit in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Exhibit

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Exhibit : 1. n.

A physical object or document produced in a court, shown to a witness who is giving evidence, or referred to in an *affidavit. Exhibits are marked with an identifying number, and in jury trials the jury is normally permitted to take exhibits with them when they retire to consider their verdict. Physical objects produced for the inspection of the court (e.g. a murder weapon) are referred to as *real evidence.

2. vb. To refer to an object or document in an *affidavit.

Meaning of Exhibit in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Exhibit published by the National Association for Court Management: A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.

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