Acknowledgment
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in law, formal declaration or admission by a person who executed an instrument (e.g., a will or a deed) that the instrument is his.
Acknowledgment at Legal Glossary What is it? A statement you make in front of a notary public or other person who is authorized to administer oaths stating that a document bearing your signature was actually signed by you.
acknowledgment
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1. A declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document.
Acknowledgment of Service Form
An acknowledgment of service form is used by a defendant in a civil case when they have received a claim against them from a claimant. It also gives the defendant an additional 14 days to file a defence.
Acknowledgment
n. acknowledgment is a declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity. It is the act of the grantor going before a competent officer and declaring some action or deed to be recorded legally as his own.
acknowledgment: the act of going before a qualified officer (e.g., Clerk) and declaring the validity of the document. The officer certifies same, whose certification is known as the acknowledgment ...
Acknowledgment - A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was so acknowledged.
Acknowledgment: 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
Acquit: To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, conveyancing. The act of the grantor going before a competent officer, and declaring the instrument to be his act or deed, and desiring the same to be recorded as such.
Acknowledgment
Definition - Noun
1 a : the act of acknowledging
b : the act of admitting paternity
compare filiation
2 : a thing done or given in recognition of something received <an ~ came in the mail> ...
Acknowledgments
The National Association for Court Management extends its appreciation to the American Bar Association, the Administrative Office of the U.S.
acknowledgment
A statement you make in front of a notary public or other person who is authorized to administer oaths stating that a document bearing your signature was actually signed by you.
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"(1) A simple acknowledgment under seal of the debt; (2) an instrument acknowledging the debt and charging the property of the company with repayment; (3) an instrument acknowledging the debt, charging the property of the company with repayment, ...
DUE-BILL - An acknowledgment of a debt, in writing. This instrument differs from a promissory note in many particulars; e.g., it is not payable to order, nor is it assignable by mere endorsement.
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Acknowledgment - Certification by a notary that the signature on the document was personally signed by the individual whose signature is affixed to the instrument.
The act of deposing is carried out at a deposition, where an officer of the state, duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments by law, ...
In family law cases, an acknowledgment entered into before a judge, justice of the peace or clerk when a bond is posted that money is owed if certain conditions are not met.
Some statutes provide that a child becomes legitimated upon an open acknowledgment of paternity by the alleged father. In some states an oral admission is sufficient, but in other states a written statement is required.
voluntary acknowledgment, genetic test results) creates a presumption that the man is the father of a child.
Confessio. Latin. Acknowledgment; admission; confession.
Confessio facti. Admission of a fact. Confessio juris. Admission of the law -- of the effect of a thing in law.
receipt
n. a written and signed acknowledgment by the recipient of paymen...
receiver
n. 1) a neutral person (often a professional trustee) appointed b...
Notary Public - A public officer whose function it is to administer oaths, to attest and certify documents, and to take acknowledgments.
- A formal written statement by a party to a lawsuit which answers each question or interrogatory propounded by the other party. These answers must be acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments., ...
The obligation, however, remains, though imperfect, for if there be a subsequent acknowledgment by the debtor, the debt revives, and the imperfect obligation becomes again perfect.
 See also: Law, Person, State, Court, Will
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