authenticate, vb. 1. To prove the genuineness of (a thing). [Cases: Criminal Law 444; Evidence 366–381.] 2. To render authoritative or authentic, as by attestation or other legal formality. See UCC § 9-102(a)(7). [Cases: Contracts 37. C.J.S. Contracts § 79.]
verify, vb. 1. To prove to be true; to confirm or establish the truth or truthfulness of; to authenticate. 2. To confirm or substantiate by oath or affidavit; to swear to the truth of.
signet. 1. Civil law. An elaborate hand-drawn symbol (usu. incorporating a cross and the notary’s initials) formerly placed at the base of notarial instruments, later replaced by a seal. 2. Scots law. A seal used to authenticate summonses in civil matters before the Court of Session. • Originally, this was the monarch’s personal seal. See
Evidence supplied by a writing or other document, which must be authenticated before the evidence is admissible. [Cases: Criminal Law 429–446; Evidence 325–383. C.J.S. Attachment § 145; Criminal Law §§ 1025–1049; Evidence §§ 813–815, 818–822, 824–1036, 1065; Patents § 179.]
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certify, vb. 1. To authenticate or verify in writing. 2. To attest as being true or as meeting certain criteria. 3. (Of a court) to issue an order allowing a class of litigants to maintain a class action; to create (a class) for purposes of a class action. Cf. DECERTIFY. See CERTIFICATION. — certified, adj.
procès-verbal (proh-say-vair-bahl). [French “official record of oral proceedings”] Civil & int’l law. A detailed, authenticated written report of a proceeding, esp. of an international conference; PROTOCOL(3). • A procès-verbal may be cast in various forms, according to the style a country prefers.
Keeper of the Great Seal. In England and Scotland, an officer who has custody of the Great Seal and who authenticates state documents of the highest importance. • In England, the duties of the Keeper of the Great Seal are now discharged by the Lord Chancellor. — Also termed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal;
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accounting. 1. The act or a system of establishing or settling financial accounts; esp., the process of recording transactions in the financial records of a business and periodically extracting, sorting, and summarizing the rec-orded transactions to produce a set of financial records. — Also termed financial accounting. 2. A rendition of an account, either voluntarily
enrolled-bill rule. The conclusive presumption that a statute, once formalized, appears precisely as the legislature intended, thereby preventing any challenge to the drafting of the bill. [Cases: Statutes 283(2).C.J.S. Statutes §§ 74–75, 77.] “Under the ‘enrolled bill rule,’ an enrolled bill, properly authenticated and approved by the governor, is conclusive as to regularity of its
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