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Refers to an issue of a statement, based on a decision following review, that fulfillment of specified requirements has been demonstrated. Cannabis operations are encouraged to obtain attestations from the appropriate regulating authorities to ensure proper compliance and ultimately ensure consumer safety.
An attestation is something that serves to bear witness, confirm, authenticate or verify the validity of some fact or status. An attestor is someone who performs an attestation. An attestation date is the date on which an attestation is performed.
Examples of attestations include:
- Testimony, a sworn verification of the truth of a set of factual statements
- An attestation clause, verifying a document
- A police oath or an oath of allegiance in armed forces of the United Kingdom, pledging loyalty or the faithful execution of duties
- A validation of the integrity of a computing device such as a server needed for trusted computing
English
Etymology
From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌætɛˈsteɪʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌætɛˈsteɪʃən/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /əʈəsˈʈeʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: at‧tes‧ta‧tion
Noun
attestation (countable and uncountable, plural attestations)
- A thing that serves to bear witness