Acknowledgment. The process of establishing the fact that each signature on an instrument is genuine. In most cases, the signatures on documents must be authenticated or acknowledged before the register may accept them. An acknowledgment is a type of authentication often performed by a notary public.

Acknowledgement refers to a formal declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document.

Broker's Acknowledgement means an acknowledgement in form and content satisfactory to SEG executed by the Broker and delivered to SEG whereby the Broker agrees to be bound by the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Broker set forth in this Agreement.

An offer acknowledgment and registration form in real estate provides written and signed confirmation that a seller has received an offer. The offer acknowledgement form is most commonly used by buyer's brokers who would like verification that her or his client's offer was actually presented to a seller.

A notary acknowledgement ensures that the signer of the document is indeed the person named in the document. The function of the notary in this case is to verify the identity of the signer. On the other hand, a notary is asked to perform a Jurat, when the signer takes an oath or makes an affirmation.

The purpose of an acknowledgment is for a signer, whose identity has been verified, to declare to a Notary or notarial officer that he or she has willingly signed a document.