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Affidavit   /ˌæfədˈeɪvət/   Listen
noun
Affidavit  n.  (Law) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate. Note: It is always made ex parte, and without cross-examination, and in this differs from a deposition. It is also applied to written statements made on affirmation.
Synonyms: Deposition. See Deposition.






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"Affidavit" Quotes from Famous Books



... promptly asserted the elder brother, likewise regaining his feet and taking hasty account of stock. "No fault of his, though!" giving that carcass a kick as he spoke. "My gracious! I caught just one glimpse of them, and I was ready to make affidavit that each fang would measure ...
— The Lost City • Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

... members of my company enlisted in October, 1861, but we did not get to the front until the very day of the Battle of Shiloh. I was in one of the two regiments whose part in the battle has caused so much controversy. I gave Senator Cummins an affidavit about it only the other day to settle something about ...
— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick

... General produces the affidavit of Reuben Radford, in which it is said that Talbott told Radford that he did not find the assignment in the deed, in the recording of which the error was committed, but that he found it wrapped in another ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... housemaid was taken with "the shivers"; then the cook had "the trembles"; then the coachman was prepared to take his solemn affidavit, that, one night long after everyone in the house to his knowledge was in bed, he "see from his room above the stables, a light a-shining on the Thames, and the figures of one or more a passing and a repassing across the blind." ...
— The Uninhabited House • Mrs. J. H. Riddell

... forty-five days after the end of each calendar quarter, an owner or officer of the cable system executes an affidavit attesting ...
— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.


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