Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Exemplary

adj. 1. Serving as an ideal example; commendable <exemplary behavior>. 2. Serving as a warning or deterrent; admonitory <exemplary damages>.

exemplar

n. An ideal or typical example; a standard specimen <handwriting exemplars>.

exemplary damages

See punitive damages.

exemplary substitution

See SUBSTITUTION (4).

voice exemplar

A sample of a person's voice used for the purpose of comparing it with a recorded voice to determine whether the speaker is the same person. ( Although voiceprint identification was formerly inadmissible, the trend in recent years has been toward admissibility. See Fed. R. Evid. 901. Cf. VOICEPRINT.