Exemplification

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exemplification \Ex*em`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n.
     1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by
        example.
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     2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.


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     3. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the
        seal of an officer having custody of the original.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exemplification
       n 1: showing by example [syn: {illustration}]
       2: a representational or typifying form or model [syn: {typification}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "exemplification":
     allegorization, alphabet, art, blueprint, case, case in point,
     charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, citation,
     clarification, conventional representation, cracking,
     cross reference, dance notation, decipherment, decoding,
     delineation, demonstration, demythologization, depiction,
     depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, editing, elucidation, emblem,
     emendation, enlightenment, euhemerism, example, exegesis, exemplar,
     explanation, explication, exponent, exposition, expounding,
     figuration, hieroglyphic, iconography, ideogram, illumination,
     illustration, imagery, imaging, instance, item, letter, light,
     limning, logogram, logograph, map, musical notation, notation,
     object lesson, particular, pictogram, picturization, plan,
     portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing,
     projection, quotation, rationale, realization, reason, reference,
     relevant instance, rendering, rendition, representation,
     representative, schema, score, script, simplification, solution,
     syllabary, symbol, tablature, type, typical example, unlocking,
     writing
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EXEMPLIFICATION, evidence. A perfect copy of a record, or office book 
  lawfully kept, so far as relates to the matter in question. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 
  3107. Vide, generally, 1 Stark. Ev. 151; 1 Phil. Ev. 307; 7 Cranch, 481; 3 
  Wheat. 234; 10 Wheat. 469; 9 Cranch, 122; 2 Yeates, 532; 1 Hayw. 359; 1 
  John. Cas. 238. As to the mode of authenticating records of other states, 
  see articles Authentication, and Evidence.