certification
[sur-tuh-fi-key-shuh n, ser-tif-uh-]
- the act of certifying.
- the state of being certified.
- a certified statement.
- the writing on the face of a check by which it is certified.
- Law. a certificate attesting the truth of some statement or event.
Origin of certification
1400–50; late Middle English certificacio(u)n < Medieval Latin certificātiōn- (stem of certificātiō). See certificate, -ion
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certification
- the act of certifying or state of being certified
- law a document attesting the truth of a fact or statement
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Word Origin and History for non-certification
certification
n.
early 15c., "notification;" mid-15c., "demonstration, proof," from Medieval Latin certificationem (nominative certificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin certificare (see certify). Meaning "act of providing with a legal certificate" is from 1881.
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certification
(sûr′tə-fĭ-kā′shən)
- The reporting to health authorities of those diseases legally required to be reported.
- The attainment of board certification in a specialty.
- The court procedure by which a patient is committed to a mental institution.
- Involuntary mental hospitalization.
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