from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TO EXHIBIT. To produce a thing publicly, so that it may be taken possession
of, or seized. Dig. 10, 4, 2. To exhibit means also to file of record; as,
it is the practice in England in personal actions, when an officer or
prisoner of the king's bench is defendant, to proceed against such defendant
in the court in which he is an officer, by exhibiting, that is, filing a
bill against him. Steph. P.I. 52, n. (1); 2 Sell. Pr. 74. In medical
language, to exhibit signifies to administer, to cause a thing to be
taken by a patient. Chit. bled. Jur. 9.