CERTIFICATION

certification,n.1. The act of attesting. 2. The state of having been attested. 3. An attested statement. 4. The writing on the face of a check by which it is certified. 5. A procedure by which a federal appellate court asks the U.S. Supreme Court or the highest state court to review a question of law arising in a case pending before the appellate court and on which it needs guidance. • Certification is commonly used with state courts, but the U.S. Supreme Court has steadily restricted the number of cases it reviews by certification. See 28 USCA § 1254(2). Cf. CER-TIORARI. [Cases: Federal Courts  392, 463.] [Blacks Law 8th]