verify
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 45f — in this section
The term "verify" means to confirm information provided to an online marketplace pursuant to this section, which may include the use of one or more methods that enable the online marketplace to reliably determine that any information and documents provided are valid, corresponding to the seller or an individual acting on the seller's behalf, not misappropriated, and not falsified.
21 U.S.C. § 360eee — in this part (2 versions over time)
The term “verification” or “verify” means determining whether the product identifier affixed to, or imprinted upon, a package or homogeneous case corresponds to the standardized numerical identifier or lot number and expiration date assigned to the product by the manufacturer or the repackager, as applicable in accordance with section 360eee–1 of this title.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The swearing to an affidavit. To confirm and substantiate by oath. It is used of substantiating by argument De Witt v. Swift, 3 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 284.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To make out to be true; to prove.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
2 To show to be true; to confirm by oath: as, to verify an account, a petition, a plea, by making oath to the truth of the statement of the facts set forth. Whence verification. Sometimes, to confirm or substantiate by oath, sometimes by argument; in legal proceedings generally the former." A notary may " verify " a mortgagee's written statement of the amount of his claim, but need not " authenticate " the act by his seal. " Verify " here means to swear to.* Compare Aver,.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
To confirm by oath; to establish; to show to be true. Particularly used of making formal oath, as required by law, to accounts, petitions, pleadings, and some other papers. Verification: the making oath to, or other legal confirmation of, a paper. Verify sometimes means to confirm and substantiate by oath, and sometimes by argument. In legal proceedings, it is generally employed in the former sense. De- Witt V. Hosmer, 3 How. Pr. 284. Verification is not identical with authentication. A notary may verify a mortgagee's written statement of the actual amount of his claim, but need not authenticate the act by his seal. Ashley v. Wright, 19 Ohio St. 291.