affidavit

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement

He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.

A written statement made under oath before an authorized person, such as a notary public
A voluntary statement or declaration of facts which has been written down or confirmed under oath Affidavits can be administered by judges and notary publics; by anyone allowed under oath to do so
A written statement that is signed and sworn on oath and therefore able to be used as evidence in court
A written statement of facts, sworn to under oath, in the presence of someone legally authorized to administer it: e g , judge, notary public
a written and signed statement sworn in front of a court officer
A written declaration under oath made before an authorized official
a written or oral statement made under oath
written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
{i} written statement made under oath, sworn statement
An affidavit is a written statement which you swear is true and which may be used as evidence in a court of law. a written statement that you swear is true, for use as proof in a court of law (from affidare, from ad- + fidare ). Written statement made voluntarily, confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, and signed before an officer empowered to administer such oaths. It usually names the place of execution and certifies that the person making it states certain facts and appeared before the officer on a certain date and "subscribed and swore" to the statement
{a} a declaration or deposition upon oath
A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate
A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths
A sworn statement in writing, made before a public official, usually a notary
A sworn statement in writing before an authorized official, usually a notary [OTS]
A written statement made under oath
A written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before an officer having authority to administer such oath
a written statement under oath
A sworn statement reduced to writing and made under oath before a Notary Public or other official authorized by law to administer an oath
- A written statement made under oath before a notary public or other judicial officer
A written statement made upon oath or affirmation and signed in the presence of a person who is authorised to administer oaths (normally a solicitor) Authority: Civil Procedure Rules - Practice Direction 32
A written statement or declaration, sworn to before an officer who has authority to administer an oath
A statement by a person in which the person states that to the best of his or her knowledge, the facts in question are true An affidavit is sworn before a Notary, Commissioner for Taking Oaths, lawyer or some other judicial officer who can administer oaths
A statement or declaration reduced to writing and sworn to or affirmed before some officer who has authority to administer an oath or affirmation
A sworn statement setting out facts which the affiant states are true Sworn before a Commissioner for swearing Oaths, Notary Public or other public official
A sworn statement written down and made under oath before a notary public or other official authorized by law to administer an oath The term literally means "has pledged one's faith " Athe affiant (person making the oath, sometimes called the deponent") must swear before the notary that the facts contained in the affidavit are true and correct
A written statement sworn to before a notary
A written or printed declaration or statement of fact, made voluntarily and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, and taken before an officer having authority to administer such oath (LE)
A statement which before being signed, the person signing takes an oath that the contents are, to the best of their knowledge, true It is also signed by a notary or some other judicial officer that can administer oaths, to the effect that the person signing the affidavit was under oath when doing so These documents carry great weight in Courts to the extent that judges frequently accept an affidavit instead of the testimony of the witness
affidavit men
in the 1700s and 1800s, people who loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness to whatever they were hired to falsely testify about

We know how easy it is for Ministers to find Affidavit Men, and no Court in England could give the Gentleman any Redress, because the Search was every Night made according to the express Directions of an Act of Parliament. no Man could say, the Affidavit Man had taken a false Oath, when he swore he had Reason to suspect, that Seamen would be that night concealed in such a House;.

affidavits
plural of affidavit
enter an affidavit
{f} (Law) make a declaration; file an affidavit
false affidavit
written statement that is not true
foreign affidavit
affidavit made in a foreign country, legal statement made overseas (Law)
make an affidavit
make a written statement under oath, make a sworn statement
affidavit

    الواصلة

    af·fi·da·vit

    التركية النطق

    äfıdeyvıt

    المترادفات

    affirmation, oath, sworn statement, testimony

    النطق

    /ˌafəˈdāvət/ /ˌæfəˈdeɪvət/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”)
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