birth certificate
noun
: a copy of an official record of a person's date and place of birth and parentage
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Driver licenses in many states do not prove citizenship and married women could have a problem if their current name doesn't match the one their birth certificate.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Arizona is the only state in the country that requires proof like a birth certificate or passport to register.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
Her father showed identity documents and her birth certificate to AFP, speaking from a rural village some 10 kilometres (six miles) from Tiaret — a town nearly 300 kilometres southwest of the capital Algiers, which has been hit in recent months by water shortages.
—Afp, Fortune Europe, 6 Aug. 2024
Photocopies of the grandkids' birth certificates should work fine regardless of circumstance, so keep those in a safe place in your luggage where it won't be moved or carry it around with you, which increases the chance that its lost.
—Susan Adcox, Parents, 30 July 2024
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Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
Arizona is the only state in the country that requires proof like a birth certificate or passport to register.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
Her father showed identity documents and her birth certificate to AFP, speaking from a rural village some 10 kilometres (six miles) from Tiaret — a town nearly 300 kilometres southwest of the capital Algiers, which has been hit in recent months by water shortages.
—Afp, Fortune Europe, 6 Aug. 2024
Photocopies of the grandkids' birth certificates should work fine regardless of circumstance, so keep those in a safe place in your luggage where it won't be moved or carry it around with you, which increases the chance that its lost.
—Susan Adcox, Parents, 30 July 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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