Exemplification Certificate

To make an official copy of a document from public records under seal or to transcribe a legal document.

Exemplified copies are more than certified copies -- the clerk certifies that the copies are genuine and the judge certifies that the clerk has the authority to say they are genuine.

Transitive verb. 1 : to show or illustrate by example anecdotes exemplifying those virtues. 2 : to make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal. 3a : to be an instance of or serve as an example : embody she exemplifies the qualities of a good leader.

O.R. n. short for "own recognizance," meaning the judge allowed a person accused in a criminal case to go free pending trial without posting bail. A person so released is often referred to as having been "OR-ed."

SYNONYMS FOR exemplify 2 typify, epitomize, depict, embody.

An exemplified copy (or exemplification) is an official attested copy or transcript of a public instrument, made under the seal and original pen-in-hand signature of a court or public functionary and in the name of the sovereign, for example, "The People of the State of Oklahoma".

A certificate of judgment is a certificate made by the clerk of the court in which the judgment was rendered, under the seal of said court, upon the order of any person in whose favor such judgment was rendered or upon the order of any person claiming under him.