birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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In an odd development, church workers found a red pouch containing the suspect’s birth certificate in the pipe organ room, Gaytan said.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
His mother was ill, so one of her sisters-in-law filled out the registration card and submitted it to the city to produce a birth certificate, Didier Optowsky said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
His mother was ill, so one of her sisters-in-law filled out the registration card and submitted it to the city to produce a birth certificate, Didier Optowsky said.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
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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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