Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Fingerprint

n. 1. The distinctive pattern of lines on a human fingertip <no two fingerprints are identical>. 2. The impression of a fingertip made on any surface < the detective found several fingerprints on the knife>. 3. An ink impression of the pattern of lines on a fingertip, usu. taken during the booking procedure after an arrest <after Dick had his fingerprints taken, he was put in the drunk tank>. - Also termed print; thumbprint. -fingerprint, ub. - fingerprinting, n. Cf. DNA IDENTIFICATION.

genetic fingerprinting

See DNA IDENTIFICATION.