Diploma
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In the civil law. A royal charter; letters patent granted by a prince or sovereign.
Calvin.
An instrument given by colleges and societies on the conferring of any degrees.
State v. Gregory, 83 Mo. 130, 53 Am. Rep. 565; Halliday v. Butt, 40 Ala. 183.
A license granted to a physician, etc., to practice his art or profession.
See Brooks v. Sinte, 88 Ala. 122, 6 South. 902.