Reports 332) , the meaning of the word “verification” occurring in an Ordinance relating to a University, touching examination of candidates, arose for consideration. Noticing that neither among the terms “verify” and “verification” is defined in that Ordinance, it was noticed that Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines verification as “the act or process of verifying or the state of being verified: the authentication of truth or accuracy by such means as facts, statements, citations, measurements, or attendant circumstances, etc.” Accordingly, it was held that the ordinary meaning of verification is to ascertain by proper means the truth or accuracy of the thing to be verified. Though the meaning of the word “verification” in the context of verifying the answer sheets of a candidate may be of a shade that is not the same as “verification” by a person of his pleadings, the basic concept of verification is the ascertainment and assertion of truth and not merely a statement that it is not false.
