Certain
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. certus, certum.] Clear or distinct, as opposed to obscure.
Steph. Pl. 380, note (a).
Particular, as opposed to general. Id. ibid.
132.
Limited, specified, defined, as opposed to indefinite. See Certainty. "To put in certain," (L. Fr. mitter en certain,) Litt. sect. 137. "To put into certainty," (L. Lat. ad certitudinem ponere;) to reduce to certainty.
Co. Litt. 96 a.