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tablished or formulated to carry out a specific activity, perform a duty, or solve a problem. [General Dictionaries] 
n., The authentication of records based on the use of administrative procedures to establish a presumption of authenticity
or, if necessary, a verification of authenticity, especially through comparison of the evidence compiled about a record’s
identity and integrity and the procedural controls exercised over its creation, use, maintenance and/or preservation with
the requ