Certification

Certification: As used in the contest of adoption, this term can refer to a process called "Pre-Adoption Certification," (as that term is defined below), or the process formally authenticating official government or court documents, which generally requires that a seal or apostille be affixed to a public or court document, in the manner that is specifically required by law or regulation, such as a Birth Certificate or Decree of Adoption, to attest to its authenticity.

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The definition of this term has been taken from the "Adoption Glossary," which contains definitions of a wide variety of words that relate to adoption and infertility. The entire Adoption Glossary is located at http://glossary.adoption.com.

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