What is AUTHENTICATION? Definition of AUTHENTICATION in Black's Law Dictionary
In the law of evidence. The act or mode of giving authority or legal authenticity to, a statute, record, or other written instrument, or a certified copy thereof, so as to render it legally admissible in evidence. Voloshin v. Ridenour, C.C.A.Canal Zone, 299 F. 134. Verifications of judgments. Collette v. Hanson, 174 A. 466, 467, 133 Me. 146.
An attestation made by a proper officer by which he certifies that a record is in due form of law, and that the person who certifies it is the officer appointed so to do. Acts done with a view of causing an instrument to be known and identified.
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