Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-3001
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Definitions
Official statutory text
For purposes of this Code:
1. "Writings" and "recordings" means letters, words, or
numbers, or their equivalent, inscribed on a tangible medium or
stored in an electronic or other machine and retrievable in
perceivable form by handwriting, typewriting, printing,
photostating, photographing, mechanical or electronic recording, or
other technique;
2. "Photographs" mean a form of a record which consists of
still photographs, stored images, x-ray films, video tapes, or
motion pictures;
3. An "original" of a writing, recording, or other record means
the writing, recording, or other record itself or any counterpart
intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing
it. An "original", when applied to a photograph, includes the
negative or any print therefrom. The term "original" includes a
print out or other perceivable output of a record of data or images
stored in a computer or similar device if shown to reflect the data
or images accurately;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 491
4. A "duplicate" means a counterpart in the form of a record
produced by the same impression as the original, from the same
matrix, by means of photography, including enlargements and
miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, by chemical
reproduction, or by another equivalent technique that accurately
reproduce the original;
5. "Image" means a form of a record which consists of a
digitized copy or image of information; and
6. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
1. "Writings" and "recordings" means letters, words, or
numbers, or their equivalent, inscribed on a tangible medium or
stored in an electronic or other machine and retrievable in
perceivable form by handwriting, typewriting, printing,
photostating, photographing, mechanical or electronic recording, or
other technique;
2. "Photographs" mean a form of a record which consists of
still photographs, stored images, x-ray films, video tapes, or
motion pictures;
3. An "original" of a writing, recording, or other record means
the writing, recording, or other record itself or any counterpart
intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing
it. An "original", when applied to a photograph, includes the
negative or any print therefrom. The term "original" includes a
print out or other perceivable output of a record of data or images
stored in a computer or similar device if shown to reflect the data
or images accurately;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 491
4. A "duplicate" means a counterpart in the form of a record
produced by the same impression as the original, from the same
matrix, by means of photography, including enlargements and
miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, by chemical
reproduction, or by another equivalent technique that accurately
reproduce the original;
5. "Image" means a form of a record which consists of a
digitized copy or image of information; and
6. "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is
retrievable in perceivable form.
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