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Evidence Code - EVID

DIVISION 2. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED [100 - 260]

  ( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1965, Ch. 299. )
  
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“Original” means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An “original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an “original.”

(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 708.)