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certificate definition - legal

n

  1. An official or sworn document that formally attests something to be true. Also called certification.
  2. A formal document certifying some interest, permission, right, or status granted to its bearer.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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