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CERTIFICATION Definition & Legal Meaning

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In Scotch practice. This is the assurance given to a party of the course to be followed In case he does not appear or obey the order of the court CERTIFICATION OF ASSISE. In English practice. A writ anciently granted for the re-examining or retrial of a matter passed by assise before justices, now entirely superseded by the remedy afforded by means of a new trial.

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