certificate of character
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The police first refused to give Stephen the usual "certificate of character" that most travelers carry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately the part of the press of the country representing special privileges, which has always denounced and caricatured Mr Ford, gives him a certificate of character and with open arms welcomes him to its ranks.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is the certificate of character which she takes as guarantee of happiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
In lower walks of life, it is true that mistresses often take servants without any certificate of character; but in higher grades this is notoriously uncommon, and in great cities dangerous.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas
For furnishing to any person, or presenting in his own behalf, a false certificate of character and studies as a student of medicine, tending to deceive the public, or the Censors of the Society.
From The Act Of Incorporation And The By-Laws Of The Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society by Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society
