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[a. F. certification, or ad. med.L. certificātiōn-em, n. of action f. certificāre: see certify v. and -ation.]
The action of certifying or fact of being certified; the form in which this is embodied.
1. Information making one certain of a fact, etc.; certain notification or notice.
c1440Gesta Rom. xlv. 174 (Harl. MS.) Of the whiche ridinge that othere kniȝt had certificacione. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 99 (Style it what you please) Revelation, Manifestation, Inspiration, Communication, Certification, Declaration, or if you wil Information.
2. Sc. Law. Notice to a party of what is demanded of him, certifying him of the consequences of his non-compliance.
1634–46Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 42 That such..be admonished to return to his Majestie's obedience; with certification, if they contemptouslie refuise, the spirituall sword shall be used aganis them. 1679Roy. Proclam. Edinb. 4 May in Hickes Spir. Popery (1680) 62 With Certification to such of the said Tenants, Cottars and Servants as shall be absent, they shall be reputed as accessory to the said Crime. 1679–1714Burnet Hist. Ref., With this certification that if he appeared not, they would proceed.
3. a. The action of certifying or guaranteeing the truth of anything; attestation.
1532More Confut. Barnes viii. Wks. 801/2 The tradicyon of the fathers..is for the certificacion of a trouth a sure vndoubted authoritie. 1865Mozley Mirac. iv. 81 That final certification of these great truths which will be given in another world. 1881J. H. Ingram in Poe's Wks. I. Mem. 20 He obtained a certification of the fact from several companions.
†b. = certificate 4. Obs.
1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 22 a, It shalbee tried by the certificacion of the constable of the kings host.
†4. Law. A process of obtaining an examination or alteration of a judicial decision, when the omission of important evidence or other oversight is alleged. Obs.
[1292Britton iv. ix. §9 Meutz remedie par certificacioun qe par atteynte.] 1641Termes de la Ley 49 Certification of Assise of Novel disseisin, etc. is a writ awarded to re-examine or review a matter passed by Assise before any Justices.
5. The action of making (a person) certain or sure; assurance.
a1555Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 364, I read in scripture of two certifications: one to the Romans, Justificati ex fide, pacem habemus. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 35 They call that πληροϕόρηµα, which we call a certification, as when a thing by perswasions is so beate into our minds, that after that we neuer doubt anye more. a1638Mede Wks. i. liii. 309 This Assurance or Certification..comes in the third place, not in the first.
6. The action of providing with a legal certificate, esp. of insanity.
1881Philada. Record No. 3470. 1 $15000 to be expended for the certification of the health of cattle shipments. 1883T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 611 His..business is to convince the patient's responsible relatives of the necessity for certification. 1885in 19th Cent. May 859 Defence of the present system of certification. a1889Mod. The certification of elementary teachers. 1912B. Hollander First Signs of Insanity i. i. 33 The general diagnosis of insanity, when once pronounced so as to necessitate certification. 1959New Statesman 10 Jan. 34/1 Certification, as was expected, is to disappear. The decision to detain an unwilling patient will be a purely medical decision.
†7. A certified statement, a certificate. Obs.
a1563Bale Sel. Wks. (1849) 90 This certification..is untruly forged against him. 1630Wadsworth Sp. Pilgr. iv. 33 Hauing taken a false certification from the gouernor of Callis, that the ship..belonged thereunto. 1772Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 79 As soon as the Certifications can be signed and exchanged between the Courts. |
