Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
ac·knowl·edg·mentVariant:
also ac·knowl·edge·mentFunction:
noun 1 a : the act of acknowledging
b : the act of admitting paternity —compare
FILIATION 2 : a thing done or given in recognition of something received
acknowledgment came in the mail>
3 a : a declaration or avowal of one's act or a fact to give it legal validity; specifically : a declaration before a duly qualified public officer (as a notary public) by a person who has executed an instrument that the execution was the person's free act and deed b : the formal certificate made by an officer before whom one has acknowledged a deed including as an essential part the signature and often the seal of the officer