cert.
abbreviation
certificate.
cert.
Americanabbreviation
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certificate.
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certification.
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certified.
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certify.
cert
British
/ sɜːt /
noun
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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
As a lawyer I am pleased to learn that the Supreme Court has granted cert. on this vitally important question that has not been revisited since the early 70's.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2015
"Why, cert.," she said when I begged her last Wednesday to take care of Helen.
From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark
“There’s a kind of art to getting the Supreme Court to pay attention to a cert petition,” said Tommy Bennett, a law professor at Southern Methodist University who tracks the petitions process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"Sweaty Alan Carr is a cert for Sure adverts," she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
“Passed the check ride a couple months ago and got my cert in the mail! Did the test in a citation 525 series so I’m now rated for the CJ jets too. Fun times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Like what was the point of granting cert in Moore v.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2023
Instead of warding off the mooring wire of an anchored mine, that jagged projection would foul it, for a moral cert.
From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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