Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duty vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Downing v. Brown. 3 Colo. 590.