Definition of "birth certificate" []

• An official record of the date and place of a person's birth, usually including the names of the parents. (noun)

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• "He had been born Chester Quincy Deedes: that was the name on his birth certificate and his criminal record, a record that consisted mainly of minor credit card and insurance fraud, peripheral involvement in a pension scam, and a couple of DUIs."
• "His birth certificate lists Glen Ridge as his birthplace."
• "Born to Gladys Pearl Baker in Los Angeles on June 1, 1926, the name on her birth certificate is Norma Jeane."