Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In England: A certificate given by the auditors of the Exchequer to a person who intends to plead or move for a discharge of anything in that court. The effect of it is to certify what appears upon the record respecting the matter in question.
  • noun An exemplification under the great seal of the enrolment of letters patent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective law, religion, sciences It is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.
  • noun law A certificate for a court discharge.
  • noun law An exemplification under seal.

Etymologies

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Latin cōnstat

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