acknowledgment

  • 11acknowledgment — To acknowledge is to admit, affirm, declare, testify, avow, confess, or own as genuine. Favello v. Bank of America Nat. Trust & Savings Ass n, 24 Cal.App.2d 342, 74 P.2d 1057, 1058. Admission or affirmation of obligation or responsibility.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12acknowledgment — An admission, confirmation, concession, or recognition of the existence of a fact. An authentication of an instrument or writing by a declaration or statement under oath by the person whose name appears as a signer that he executed the instrument …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 13acknowledgment — noun 1. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own • Syn:… …

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  • 14acknowledgment — /ak nol ij meuhnt/, n. 1. an act of acknowledging. 2. recognition of the existence or truth of something: the acknowledgment of a sovereign power. 3. an expression of appreciation. 4. a thing done or given in appreciation or gratitude. 5. Law. a …

    Universalium

  • 15Acknowledgment money — Acknowledgment Ac*knowl edg*ment, Acknowledgement Ac*knowl edge*ment ([a^]k*n[o^]l [e^]j*ment), n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. An acknowledgment of fault. Froude. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of owning or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16acknowledgment of service — The formal document by which a claim is acknowledged by a defendant. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …

    Law dictionary

  • 17acknowledgment of guilt — index confession Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 18acknowledgment of payment — index receipt (proof of receiving) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19Acknowledgment (creative arts) — In the creative arts and scientific literature, an acknowledgment (also spelled acknowledgement) is an expression of gratitude for assistance in creating a literary or artistic work. Receiving credit by way of acknowledgment rather than… …

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  • 20acknowledgment or acknowledgement — ac|knowl|edg|ment or ac|knowl|edge|ment [ ək nalıdʒmənt ] noun 1. ) singular or uncount something that you say or do in order to show that you accept that something exists or is true: acknowledgment that: There is now almost universal… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English