# zu Urkund dessen

zu Urkund dessen is a German expression meaning “in witness whereof”.

## In other languages

- Русский: в подтверждение чего, в удостоверение чего
- Українська: на засвідчення чого, на посвідчення чого

## Meanings

1. _bureaucratese_ in witness whereof
   - Translation: 2011 May 11, European Commission, COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the establishment of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the operations of the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) from 2014 to 2020, page 14 (PDF): — IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, have signed this Agreement[.]
2. _officialese · juristendeutsch_ in faith whereof / in faith thereof / in faith hereof; in testimony whereof / in testimony thereof / in testimony hereof; in witness whereof / in witness thereof / in witness hereof
   - „Zu Urkund dessen haben die beiderseitigen Bevollmächtigten den gegenwärtigen Vertrat in französischer und amharischer Sprache, in zwei gleichlautenden Urschriften, unterzeichnet und mit ihren Siegeln versehen.“

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