Quote Originally Posted by Keith Alan View Post
Sorry for the miscommunication, but I thought I made it clear that I was using 'BC' as an all inclusive term for the matrix (the protocol or first draft of a legal instrument, from which all copies are derived) and all of its derivative instruments. The people hold nothing but certificates and/or copies of certificates, which are derived from a matrix, which never leaves the State's custody.
I know you are referring to the BC but you are again putting the cart before the horse.

Nobody holds a copy of a certificate.

Copy's of certificates mean nothing and have no value what so ever.

The BC is an "original certificate", not a copy of anything, its an abstract. When you order one you hold the original. The state doesn't.

The Statement of live birth is a "certified true copy", again not a certificate.

If you want to make a birth announcement you do not make a birth certificate.
You make a statement, a declaration, a testimony any one of those but not a birth certificate.

Do you see the difference?