best evidence rule
- A principle requiring the original copy of a document, photograph, or recording to be presented as proof in a trial, permitting its imitation only when the original cannot be secured
- Under the best evidence rule, the court insisted upon the original contract as evidence.
- Because of the best evidence rule, they had to track down the original email correspondence.
- The best evidence rule prompted them to produce the original photograph in the trial.
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