Tax certificate
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A certificate of the purchase of land at a tax sale thereof, given by the officer making the sale, and which is evidence of the holder's right to receive a deed of the land if it is not redeemed within the time limited by law.
See Eaton v. Manitowoc County, 44 Wis. 492; Nelson v. Central Land Co.. 35 Minn. 408, 29 N. W. 121.