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  • cert.
    cert.
    abbreviation
    certificate.
  • cert
    cert
    noun
    something that is a certainty, esp a horse that is certain to win a race (esp in the phrase a dead cert )
Synonyms

cert.

American  

abbreviation

  1. certificate.

  2. certification.

  3. certified.

  4. certify.


cert British  
/ sɜːt /

noun

  1. informal something that is a certainty, esp a horse that is certain to win a race (esp in the phrase a dead cert )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Before a case is granted cert., the justices will sometimes ask the solicitor general to comment on or file a brief in the case, indicating their potential interest in getting it on the docket.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

The first time the solicitor general learns of such a case is often when the convicted defendant files a cert. petition seeking review in the Supreme Court.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2017

Even if something prevents withdrawal of the petition, Cooper and Stein could file a letter disagreeing with the earlier position of the state in the cert. petition.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2017

"A lot of people seem to believe it's a done deal, a dead cert. And I don't see it that way at all."

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2014

Anyhow, the fellow thinks he's on a dead cert. on the Paris trip.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

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