Also known as: acknowledges · acknowledged · acknowledging · acknowledgment · acknowledgments · acknowledgement · acknowledgements
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To execute a formal written admission or recognition of a fact, document, or obligation, often before a notary public or other authorized officer, thereby authenticating the writing or giving it specified legal effect.
Alexis Archer signed a deed conveying Blackacre to Anika Anand. In the jurisdiction, the deed required acknowledgment before a notary to be eligible for recording. After the notary completed the certificate, the deed was recorded and title passed upon delivery.
Adrian Aguilar executed a will devising shares of stock to his daughter Ava Adebayo. Years later he transferred the shares to her during his lifetime. Ava signed a writing stating the transfer was in satisfaction of the devise, so the gift adeemed the bequest.
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Anita Ali received a cash gift from her father before his death. She later signed a writing confirming the gift was an advancement against her intestate share. The probate court therefore credited the amount when dividing the estate among the heirs.
Avalon Pharmaceuticals produced a contract bearing a notary's certificate of acknowledgment. Because the certificate was lawfully executed by an authorized officer, the document was self-authenticating and admitted without further proof of genuineness.
Alexandra Armstrong signed an acknowledgment of parentage form for the child born to her partner. The signed form established her legal parentage under the statute unless later rescinded or successfully challenged.
Apollo Energy's founder gave his son a parcel of land during life. The son signed a writing stating the gift should be taken into account when computing his intestate share. The court therefore reduced the son's distribution by the land's value.
A certificate of acknowledgment lawfully executed by a notary public or other authorized officer renders the accompanying document self-authenticating.
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When the devisee acknowledges in writing that a lifetime gift was intended to satisfy the devise, the gift adeems the bequest in whole or in part.
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An advancement is credited against an intestate share only if the decedent declared in a contemporaneous writing or the heir acknowledged in writing that the gift operates as an advancement.
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Yes, an individual who acknowledges parentage under the uniform act becomes a legal parent unless the acknowledgment is later rescinded or successfully challenged.
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…conviction, are based, and only based, upon mistaken and exploded medical dogmas. With strange inconsistency, the law fully acknowledges the foetus in utero and its inherent rights, for civil purposes; while personally and as criminally affected, it fails to recognize it, and to its life as yet denies all protection." Id. ,…