acknowledgment

acknowledgment Definition

ac·knowl·edg·ment (--mənt)

noun

acknowledgment Synonyms

acknowledgment Law Definition

The recognition of a fact or the existence of an obligation and the acceptance of the accompanying legal responsibility. For example, a putative father may acknowledge a child as his during a paternity proceeding.
Ones formal declaration in the presence of a notary public or other authorized individual that she has signed a deed or other document and that the signature is authentic.

acknowledgment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

receipt: Receipt of e-mails by the Court An acknowledgment of the receipt of an e-mail will be sent.
service: In its acknowledgment of service the council said it would defend the entire claim.
source: However, acknowledgment of source, author and publisher must be made.

Converse of object

file: A defendant who is served with a claim form must file an acknowledgment of service.
receive: I never received any acknowledgment or response to my comments.
send: Then, after receiving the three packets, the destination device sends an acknowledgment to the source.
require: She is required the acknowledgment of s commitments to.
return: Basically when you wish to read the file you " get " it; the SRM returns an acknowledgment containing a request id.
include: Speaking from this vantage point, " building a human rights state " should also include these three basic acknowledgments.

Adjective modifier

grateful: BREAKING THE STATE MONOPOLY OVER BRITISH SCHOOLS by Edward Leigh MP With grateful acknowledgment to Stuart Sexton for his invaluable expertise.
proper: She was sensible that you had never received any proper acknowledgment from herself.
negative: A negative acknowledgment should not be returned to an I_UNLINK.
due: I DO NOT intentionally use other people's pictures myself without permission and due acknowledgment.
written: All applications and notices that are received will receive a written acknowledgment of receipt.
appropriate: Appropriate acknowledgment, to the author, will be given to material used on the website.

Modifies a noun

Thank: Acknowledgments Thanks to whoever may have helped you in any way.
letter: The Government voucher will be claimed within five weeks of the date of the acknowledgment letter.
page: Essence was written by Rob Frost but, as the acknowledgment page recognizes, many others were involved with the development of the course.

Noun used with modifier

copyright: The latter will provide the required copyright acknowledgments to be stated alongside reproduced materials.
order: When you have successfully placed your order you will receive an order acknowledgment and a unique username and password.

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