birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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For married women who have changed their surnames, even birth certificates would be insufficient.
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Stephen Legomsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
Parents might not know how to navigate getting the birth certificate, have the cash to pay for it, or be able to get transportation to the county office to pick it up, which Princer said is particularly an issue in rural communities.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
Finding my grandfather in the census was as if someone had woken me up and handed me the dream child’s birth certificate.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Stephen Legomsky, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
Parents might not know how to navigate getting the birth certificate, have the cash to pay for it, or be able to get transportation to the county office to pick it up, which Princer said is particularly an issue in rural communities.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 15 July 2025
Finding my grandfather in the census was as if someone had woken me up and handed me the dream child’s birth certificate.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Birth certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20certificate. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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birth certificate
noun
birth cer·tif·i·cate
-(ˌ)sər-ˈtif-i-kət 
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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