CERTIFICATE

certificate. Certificate, n. a testimony given in writing

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Cer‐tif″i‐cate (?), n. [[F. certificat, fr. LL. certificatus made certain, p. p. of certificare. See tify.]] 1. 1. A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.
2. 2. A written declaration legally authenticated.
Trial by certificate, a trial which the testimony of the person certifying is the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; as, when the issue is whether a person was absent in the army, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.