Associations to the word «Affidavit»

Wiktionary

AFFIDAVIT, noun. (legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
AFFIDAVIT MAN, noun. (archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.
AFFIDAVIT MEN, noun. Plural of affidavit man

Dictionary definition

AFFIDAVIT, noun. Written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath.

Wise words

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