What is certificate issuance?

pkix <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.x509
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Hello,

The term "issuance" is used throughout the standards,
but is nowhere defined (can you prove me wrong?).

At what point does the certificate gets issued?

What distinguishes issued certificate from non-issued?

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