Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Verfication \Ver`fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]rification.]
   1. The act of verifying, or the state of being verified;
      confirmation; authentication.

   2. (Law)
      (a) Confirmation by evidence.
      (b) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.

   {Verification of an equation} (Math.), the operation of
      testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it
      expresses truly the conditions of the problem. --Davies &
      Peck. (Math. Dict.)