Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A handwritten document that has been written neatly and correctly without scratch-outs and revisions.
WordNet
n. a clean copy of a corrected draft
Usage examples of "fair copy".
The actual signing of the document would not take place until Friday, August 2, after a fair copy had been elegantly engrossed on a single, giant sheet of parchment by Timothy Matlack, assistant to the secretary of Congress.
He may be truly dead, you know, and this, er, manifestation merely a fair copy of his memories and personality.
Without so much as a glance in her direction, he ordered her to make a fair copy of the decisions that had been taken that morning.
In the end, I made a quick fair copy of the letter, and the original was carefully refolded and its original seal replaced with the aid of a knife blade heated in a candle flame.