AUTHENTICATION

In the law of evidence. The act or mode of giving authority or legal authenticity to a statute, record, or other written instrument, or a certified copy thereof, so as to render it legally admi i'ble in evidence. May field v. Sears, 133 Ind. 86, 32 N. E. 816; Hartley v. Ferrell, 9 Fla. 380; In re Fowler (C. C.) 4 Fed. 303. An attestation made by a proper officer by which he certifies that a record is in due form of law, and that the person who certifies tt ls the officer appointed so to do. AUTHENTICS, ~n the civil law. A Latin translation of the Novels of Justlnian by an anonymous author; so called because the Novels were translated entire, in order to distinguish it from the epitome made by Julian, There is another collection so called, compiled by Irnler, of incorrect extracts from -the Novels and inserted by him in the Code, in the places to which they refer. [s. 112]