noun: (uncountable) The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply
noun: (countable) (A document containing) published rights with a guarantee of authenticity which may be verified independently of the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply.
noun: (cryptography) (A digitally signed document containing) published rights with cryptographically verifiable integrity, secured independently of the applications that utilize them and entities to which they apply.
