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 2023 some communities where her Brothers of Italy leads the government, names of lesbian mothers were removed from birth certificates.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
These details should be verified with official documents like a birth certificate or a baby book — even a parent’s testimony works.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Her birth certificate denotes her place of birth as Interstate 80 east in Citrus Heights.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
Calix only had time to pack essential documents like birth certificates and passports.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
After their son was born, the Williams submitted copious amounts of documentation providing evidence of their home birth with their application for JJ’s birth certificate.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
In April 2022, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that explicitly prohibits nonbinary gender identification on a state birth certificate — making Oklahoma the first to sign nonbinary prohibition into law.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
Lopez presented prosecutors with documentation — including a birth certificate, Mexican driver’s license and work registration from 2003 — that shows Padilla-Padilla wasn’t in the country at the time of the murder.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Pye was angry with Yarbrough because that man had signed the birth certificate of a child Pye claimed was his.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
These details should be verified with official documents like a birth certificate or a baby book — even a parent’s testimony works.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
Her birth certificate denotes her place of birth as Interstate 80 east in Citrus Heights.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
Calix only had time to pack essential documents like birth certificates and passports.
—Fredlyn Pierre Louis, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024
After their son was born, the Williams submitted copious amounts of documentation providing evidence of their home birth with their application for JJ’s birth certificate.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
In April 2022, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that explicitly prohibits nonbinary gender identification on a state birth certificate — making Oklahoma the first to sign nonbinary prohibition into law.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
Lopez presented prosecutors with documentation — including a birth certificate, Mexican driver’s license and work registration from 2003 — that shows Padilla-Padilla wasn’t in the country at the time of the murder.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Pye was angry with Yarbrough because that man had signed the birth certificate of a child Pye claimed was his.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 20 Mar. 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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