1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
2. (Law)
Defn: A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
EXHIBITER
Ex*hib"it*er, n. Etym: [Cf. Exhibitor.]
Defn: One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.
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EXHIBITION Ex`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.]
1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak. I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale.
4. (Med.)