Acknowledge - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

1. To accept, recognize, confirm, or admit the existence or truth of something.�

2. To validate an identity or claim.�

3. To authenticate an instrument or writing by declaration or statement under oath by the person who executes the instrument or writing, in the presence of a notary, officer, or other impartial party.���

4. To recognize an individual as one�s heir.

5. To recognize receipt of a document or payment.

6. To accept responsibility for.�

Examples of people and items that may be acknowledged under the law include:

• An �acknowledged child� is a child that is recognized by a parent as their own.
• An �acknowledged heir� is an heir recognized by a decedent by act or designation while the decedent was alive.
• An �acknowledged deed� is a deed recognized as authentic and true by a formal statement that is witnessed.
• An �acknowledged payment� is a payment made by an authorized person that has been successfully received.
• An �acknowledged debt� is a debt that has been recognized by the debtor as owed to the lender.