AUTOPTIC PROFERENCE

autoptic proference (proh-f[schwa]r-[schwa]nts). The presentation of an item for inspection by the court. See demonstrative evidence under EVIDENCE. [Cases: Criminal Law 404.45; Evidence 188. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 854–855; Evidence §§ 789–791, 794, 796.] “Yet another form of proof that may present difficulties in defining evidence is what Wigmore calls ‘autoptic proference.’ By this barbarism, […]