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).
