Attest
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To witness the execution of a written insirument, at the request of him who makes it, and subscribe the same as a witness. This is also the technical word by which, in the practice in many of the states, a certifying officer gives assurance of the genuineness and correctness of a copy. An “attested” copy of a document is one which has been examined and compared with the original, with a certificate or memorandum of ifs correctness, signed by the persons who have examined it.