AUTHENTIC ACT

authentic  act.Civil  law.  1.  A  writing  signed  before  a  notary  public  or  other  public  officer.

[Cases: Acknowledgment    1. C.J.S. Acknowledgments §§ 2–4.] 2. A certified copy of a writing.

[Cases: Evidence    343.C.J.S. Evidence §§ 887–888.][Blacks Law 8th]