self-certification

British

noun

(in Britain) a formal assertion by a worker to his employer that absence from work for up to seven days was due to sickness. From 1982 this replaced a doctor's certificate for the purposes of paying sickness benefit See also sick note

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self-certification

It is a self-certification system which requires authors to sign a licence agreement, and so far around 6,500 titles have received the stamp.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Autonomous-vehicle companies are required to follow a self-certification process to operate without a driver, said Bill Lamoreaux, a spokesman from the department: “ADOT’s top priority is safety.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

The support for small businesses was also criticised, where "lending relied on self-certification with inadequate checks to prevent abuse".

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

“We all know the self-certification method has failed,” one ICE official wrote in an email.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2025

There should be a digital application for permit self-certification used by project permit coordinators for consolidating all departmental reviews, clearances and sign-offs at on-site permitting centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025

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