Part 1765

<hw>Cer"ti*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who certifies or assures.</def>

<h1>Certify</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"ti*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Certified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Certifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>certifier</ets>, LL. <ets>certificare</ets>; L. <ets>certus</ets> certain + <ets>facere</ets> to make. See <er>Certain</er>, and cf. <er>Certificate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>certify</b> the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. <i>Ezra iv. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<blockquote>The industry of science at once <b>certifies</b> and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.</def>

<blockquote>The judges shall <b>certify</b> their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Certified check</col>, <cd>A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.</cd></cs>

<h1>Certiorari</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer`ti*o*ra"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So named from the emphatic word <ets>certiorari</ets> in the Latin form of the writ, which read <ets>certiorar volumus</ets> we wish to be certified.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>certiorari</i> is the correct process to remove the proceedings of a court in which cases are tried in a manner different from the course of the common law, as of county commissioners. It is also used as an auxiliary process in order to obtain a full return to some other process.</note>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Certitude</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"ti*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>certitudo</ets>, fr. L. <ets>certus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>certitude</ets>. See <er>Certain</er>.]</ety> <def>Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Cerule</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caerulus</ets>, eguiv. to <ets>caeruleus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Blue; cerulean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dyer.</i>

<h1>Cerulean</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ce*ru"le*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caeruleus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sky-colored; blue; azure.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall

<blockquote>A flower from its <b>cerulean</b> wall. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ceruleous</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ce*ru"le*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cerulean.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>