affidavit
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/
- Formal
:
declaración jurada
- She signed an affidavit, declaring that the information provided was true to the best of her knowledge.
- sworn affidavit
- sign an affidavit
- file an affidavit
And then they gave signed affidavits to diplomats in Helsinki.
- And then they gave signed affidavits to diplomats in Helsinki.
- But he did indeed produce the affidavit he had been promising on Sunday.
- These people are going to file affidavits.
- I mean, she provides a lot of detail in her affidavit.
- And those were the types of lies that FBI Agent Kang put in his affidavit.
- And I'm going to go through the affidavit, the sworn affidavit with you, show you how Shaq ended up getting served.
- Multiple people have signed sworn affidavits testifying that another man said that he committed the murder and framed Julius for it.
- And so in Texas, if you have enough affidavits signed, you can trigger a mandatory investigation by the local District Attorney.
- So this is where things get very, very touchy with affidavits.
Examples
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The privilege claim is the listing of documents in Schedule B of the affidavit of documents.
Academic text (1999) -
Debtors would have to sign affidavits attesting that they have received debt counseling prior to filing for bankruptcy.
Academic text (2001) -
Together, they agreed that there was not a chance of putting our affidavit to use in the near future.
Academic text (1998) -
And I will soon file an affidavit.
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I have here a sworn affidavit from her doctor stating just that.
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The property will be placed in this court's custody until the owner can be established by an affidavit from Lord Beekman.
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I have an affidavit from Nathan Olmeyer, currently a junior at the Academy.
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Each year my office receives a signed affidavit confirming... that Johnny Liebling is indeed among the living.
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They'll take charge of getting more affidavits if they think it's necessary.
Fiction book (1994) -
But we have affidavits from both governments that were everything that we've done is lawful and by their law.
Synonyms
791
3.2
A formal spoken or written statement given in court as evidence
13
5.3
A signed legal statement that says a claim is true
How Formal
- Formal
16
4.7
- Formal
142
8.2
- Formal
791
3.2
- Formal
180
8.2
- Jargon
1
9.9
- Formal
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word affidavit comes from the Latin root fides meaning 'trust' or 'faith', the same root behind English words like faith and fidelity. So an affidavit is a written 'promise' made under oath to show that a statement can be trusted.