Legal Definition and Related Resources of Acknowledge

To own or admit as implying obligation or incurring responsibility .

(Declare), verb

• admit
• affirm
• ascribe
• assert
• asseverate
• attest to
• avow
• bear witness
• certify
• depone
• depose
• disclose
• endorse
• express
• implicate oneself
• state
• swear

(Respond), verb

• accede
• agree
• answer
• be responsive
• concur
• ratify
• rejoin
• remark
• reply
• signify assent

(Verify), verb

• admit
• admit a right
• admit the charge
• concede
• confess
• confirm
• defer to
• recognize
• recognize authority of
• testify
• yield
• Associated Concepts: acknowledge a document
• acknowledge the signatures on a will

To Recognize As One’s Own. In The Notarial Act Called An Acknowledgment, The Document Signer Recognizes Before A Notary That A Signature On A Document Is His Or Her Own And Indicates It Was Made Voluntarily.

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Acknowledge in Historical Law

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Translate Acknowledge from English to Spanish

Translation of Acknowledge, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Reconocer and other legal terms is available here.

• Reconocer
• Confesar
• Admitir
• Certificar
• Testificar
• Confirmar
• Legal English Translation

What does Acknowledge mean in American Law?

The definition of Acknowledge in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

To perform an act which means “Yes, that’s right, that’s true; I must say, that’s the case.” In law, the term usually refers to some formal act made to clarify, authenticate, and make more certain a prior act by the person doing the acknowledging. See acknowledgment. But one can acknowledge a state of affairs informally and even unwillingly, e.g., “When these facts were brought to his attention, he acknowledged by blushing that he had been lying.”