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/pˈɑzətɪv aɪdˌɛntəfəkˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Positive identification

noun

Evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance.

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"Positive identification" Quotes from Famous Books

... be; and I never set eyes on the young lady before, as I hope to be saved, in all my days,' said he, with a countenance so unchanged and an air so confident that I began to think I must be the dupe of one of those strange resemblances which have been known to lead to positive identification in the witness-box, afterwards ...

— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu

... the Niobrara River in the northwestern part of the state. Stephens (loc. cit.) reports taking a bat of this species in Dakota County in the northeastern corner of Nebraska. This specimen was sent to Swenk at the University of Nebraska for positive identification and was, according to Stephens, deposited in the Swenk collection. No trace of the specimen can be found at the present time. It is here assigned ...

— An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats • Olin L. Webb