'Tax certificate' definitions:

Definition of 'Tax certificate'

From: GCIDE
  • Tax certificate \Tax certificate\ (Law) The certificate issued to the purchaser of land at a tax sale certifying to the sale and the payment of the consideration thereof, and entitling the purchaser upon certain conditions and at a certain time thereafter to a deed or instrument of conveyance (called a tax deed) of the land, to be executed by the proper officer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]