Related Legal Terms. CERTIFICATE INTO CHANCERY, CERTIFICATE OF WEIGHT, CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, CARRIER'S CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY, CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY, CERTIFICATE OF ASSIZE, BROKERED CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (CD), CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (CD), TAX SALE CERTIFICATE.
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4. Securities: Document attesting to the holder's ownership of a security, such as a share certificate. The graduating eighth grade class relieved certificates at the ceremony stating they had successfully completed middle school and could move onto high school.
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1. General: Written declaration documenting a fact or evidencing the result of a certification exercise. 2. Internet commerce: Electronic document or message that establishes the credentials of a party and authenticates a transaction. See also Digital Certificate.
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Public key certificate. In cryptography, a public key certificate, also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate, is an electronic document used to prove the ownership of a public key.
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The certificate includes information about the key, information about the identity of its owner (called the subject), and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents (called the issuer).
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Certifications are usually earned from a professional society or educational institute, not the government. However, a government agency can decree a certification is required by law for a person to be allowed to perform a task or job. Certification is different from professional licensure.
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Law. a statement, written and signed, which is by law made evidence of the truth of the facts stated, for all or for certain purposes. 4. Finance. gold certificate. silver certificate.
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Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task.
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A written assurance, or official representation, that some act has or has not been done, or some event occurred, or some legal formality been complied with. Particularly, such written assurance made or issuing from some court, and designed as a notice of things done therein, or as a warrant or authority, to some other court, judge, or officer.
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certificate definition
The certificate includes information about the key information about the identity of its owner called the subject and the digital signature of an entity that has verified the certificate's contents called the issuer.