validating the authenticity of something or someone

a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

confirmation that some fact or statement is true

the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

The act of certifying.

Compliance with a set of standards defined by non- governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e. g., certification for a medical specialty.

The act of testifying by means of a written statement; a written statement given as proof of facts, etc.

The reporting to the health authorities of the occurrence of an infectious disease.

For His own certification of His dignity He did not require it. – The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Marcus Dods

The disadvantages to teacher and pupil alike of suffering from physical defects are so obvious that every school which prepares men and women for teachers should make registration and certification dependent upon passing a satisfactory physical test. – Civics and Health by William H. Allen

I am aware of the large powers of certification which Governors can exercise under the Reform Act. – Freedom Through Disobedience by C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das

The stamp, when first manufactured, had not been satisfactory to him; and on his second visit, the customer had left a piece of a check, carefully torn out in circular form, which showed the certification which he desired copied. – Courts and Criminals by Arthur Train

There are relatively few workers under the age of 18. Many firms will employ no one under this age because of various complications which arise in connection with the age and schooling certification of girls between the ages of 16 and 18. Of 25 women's clothing factories visited during the Survey only nine had any workers under 18. According to the report of the Industrial Commission of Ohio for 1914 only eight per cent of the workers employed in making men's clothing, and less than two per cent of the workers employed in making women's clothing were under 18 years of age. – Wage Earning and Education by R. R. Lutz

The certification turned out to be a forgery and the securities vanished. – Courts and Criminals by Arthur Train

Eleventh: thorough inspection and certification by local authorities of all houses and " dwellings" inhabited by the poor. – London's Underworld by Thomas Holmes

This was his story: A couple of weeks before, a young man had come in and ordered a certification stamp, drawing at the time a rough design of what he wanted. – Courts and Criminals by Arthur Train

But Government by certification is just as impossible as Government by veto. – Freedom Through Disobedience by C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das

When a check has been certified by the bank on which it is drawn, the effect of the certification after the drawer has parted with it " is precisely as if the bank had paid the money upon that check instead of making a certificate of its being good." – Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

The Act of 1840 also required the companies, under penalty, to furnish to the Board of Trade returns of traffic, as well as of all accidents attended with personal injury; and to submit their bye- laws for certification. – Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow

But that the very first act of Angela's new life should be to influence her husband in the direction of his weakness, and, as it seemed, of her own good comfort- what was this, indeed, but a brilliant certification of all the grounds of his own attack?... – Angela's Business by Henry Sydnor Harrison

Order for General Major Midleton appearing with certification, Ib. – The-Acts-Of-The-General-Assemblies-of-the-Church-of-Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

The word means food raised in compliance with a set of rules contrived by a certification bureaucracy. – How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

The certification of the votes cast and of the constitutions adopted in each of the States was filed with me, as required by the eighth section of the act of February 22, 1889, by the governors of said Territories, respectively. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various

Accordingly, when the ambassadors whom Charles had sent, with presents, to visit the sacred tomb of our divine Saviour, and the site of the resurrection, presented themselves before him, and expounded to him their master's wish, Haroun did not content himself with entertaining Charles's request; he wished, besides, to give up to him the complete proprietorship of those places hallowed by the certification of our redemption, and he sent him, with the most magnificent presents, the keys of the Holy Sepulchre. – A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI. by Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

Every act requiring the certification and seal of the officer should be taxable at schedule rates and the fee therefor returned to the Treasury. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various