itings, such as notarized documents and certified copies of public records, may be admitted into evidence by self-authentication. [Government] 
self-authenticating 
n., An object whose data structure, form, or layout provides both definitions and values for the data or formats of the object. A self-describing entity can be evaluated, with all its elements and forms understood, without the need of external references. [Computer and Information Sciences] 
n., See
n., A rule that governs the meanings or interp