birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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That leaves them in legal limbo with only the biological parent registered on their birth certificates, forcing the other to embark on the lengthy and costly process of adoption.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
Children born via surrogate mothers in the United States may have the client couple's name on birth certificates, and often take the child away from his or her birth mother immediately.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
Last month, Texas quietly began refusing requests to correct trans birth certificates and driver’s licenses.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
Among the items are 50 rare tapes including master recordings with unheard tracks, as well as personal paperwork such as payslips for him and his bandmates, a handwritten form in which Hendrix requests his birth certificate, dry-cleaning bills and tour itineraries.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
Children born via surrogate mothers in the United States may have the client couple's name on birth certificates, and often take the child away from his or her birth mother immediately.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
Last month, Texas quietly began refusing requests to correct trans birth certificates and driver’s licenses.
—Nico Lang, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
Among the items are 50 rare tapes including master recordings with unheard tracks, as well as personal paperwork such as payslips for him and his bandmates, a handwritten form in which Hendrix requests his birth certificate, dry-cleaning bills and tour itineraries.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 13 Oct. 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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