identity confirmation; verification of a person's identity
Used in contexts such as police checks, security, or formal identification procedures. Not an everyday word; more common in official or legal settings.
The police are urgently working to confirm the suspect's identity.
The enactment of this law dates back to the Meiji period.
man-made law; positive law
witness identity examination; establishing the identity of a witness
identity questioning of a defendant
Compound of 人 (person) and 定 (determine, establish). The identity-confirmation sense is a straightforward kanji compound. The enactment sense is a rare variant of 制定, likely from the same morphemes in a different order, but the exact historical derivation is uncertain.