Section X · Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs
Rule 1001. Definitions that apply to this section
2024 Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
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(a) A "writing" consists of letters, words, numbers, or their equivalent set down in any form.
(b) A "recording" consists of letters, words, numbers, or their equivalent recorded in any manner.
(c) A "photograph" means a photographic image or its equivalent stored in any form.
(d) An "original" of a writing or recording means the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by the person who executed or issued it. For electronically stored information, "original" means any printout or other output readable by sight if it accurately reflects the information. An "original" of a photograph includes the negative or a print from it.
(e) A "duplicate" means a counterpart produced by a mechanical, photographic, chemical, electronic, or other equivalent process or technique that accurately reproduces the original.
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Rules for Courts-Martial
R.C.M. 103(30) — Definitions and rules of construction
The terms “writings” and “recordings” have the same meaning as in Mil. R. Evid. 1001.
Discussion under R.C.M. 103(30) — Definitions and rules of construction
…reproduction systems are included in this definition, and consistent with the definition of “writing” in Military Rule of Evidence 1001. The definition is comprehensive, covering all forms of writing or recording of words or word-substitutes.