cert.
Americanabbreviation
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certificate.
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certification.
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certified.
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certify.
noun
Example Sentences
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Before a case is granted cert., the justices will sometimes ask the solicitor general to comment on or file a brief in the case, indicating their potential interest in getting it on the docket.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
The first time the solicitor general learns of such a case is often when the convicted defendant files a cert. petition seeking review in the Supreme Court.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2017
Even if something prevents withdrawal of the petition, Cooper and Stein could file a letter disagreeing with the earlier position of the state in the cert. petition.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2017
"A lot of people seem to believe it's a done deal, a dead cert. And I don't see it that way at all."
From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2014
He knows he's a cert., and he's slacking on the strength of it.
From Tales of St. Austin's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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