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authentic act in the civil law of Louisiana : a writing executed in accordance with law which requires that each party to the writing sign it before a public officer (as a notary public) and two witnesses and that the public officer and witnesses also sign the writing ...
authenticate
authenticate -cat·ed -cat·ing 1 : to prove or serve to prove that (something) is genuine ;esp : to prove that (an item of evidence) is genuine for the purpose of establishing admissibility 2 : to make (a written instrument) valid and effective by marking esp. with one's signature [ a check] ...
Authentic
Authentic, an undoubted original....
Authentic Act
Authentic Act, that which has been executed before a notary or other public officer, duly authorized, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which is certified as being a copy of a public register, Civil Law....
Authentication
Authentication, an attestation made by a proper officer by which he certifies that a record is in due form of law, and that the person who certifies it is the officer appointed so to do....
Authentics
Authentics, a collection of the Novels of Justinian, made by an anonymous author. So called on account of its authority, Civil Law.There is another collection so called, complied by Irnier, of incorrect extracts from the Novels and inserted by him in the Code, in the places to which they refer....
seal
seal [Old French seel, from Latin sigillum, from diminutive of signum mark, sign] : a device (as an emblem, symbol, or word) used to identify or replace a signature and to authenticate (as at common law) written matter see also contract under seal at contract under seal : with an authenticating seal affixed vt 1 : to authenticate or approve by or as if by a seal 2 : to close off (as records) from public access ...
witness
witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by deed) furnished by signature, oath, or seal 2 : one who gives evidence regarding matters of fact under inquiry ;specif : one who testifies or is legally qualified to testify in a case or to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] compare affiant, deponent adverse witness : a witness who is called by or associated with an opposing party or who by statement, conduct, or other evidence (as of relationship) shows bias against or is injurious to the case of the party by whom the witness is called [sought to have his witness declared an adverse witness subject to impeachment] called als...
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the par...
Telegram
Telegram, a telegram by itself is not an authentic document. It is like an unsigned/anonymous communication. Unless a telegram is confirmed by a subsequent signed application, representation or an affidavit, the contents of the telegrams have no authenticity at all and the same cannot be taken into consideration for assessing the value of the other authentic documents on the record, District Magistrate v. R. Kumaravel, AIR 1993 SC 2633 (2635)....
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