Affidavit

An affidavit is a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law. Quotes We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration. Abbott, C.J., Case of Edmonds and others (1821), 1 St. Tr. (N. S.) 924; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 10. I am a trial lawyer…. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit. Mario Cuomo, New York Times (10 November 1986). We cannot try the merits upon affidavit. Lord Mansfield, Rex v. Blooer (1760), 2 Burr. Part IV. 1045; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 9. So many affidavits, so studiously and artfully penned, to be safely sworn in one sense and read in another, are an aggravation. Lord Mansfield, Rex v. Beardmore (1759), 2 Burr. Part IV. 795; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 10. And now I will try to defend myself against them: these new accusers must also have their affidavit read. What do they say? Something of this sort: — That Socrates is a doer of evil, and corrupter of the youth, and he does not believe in the gods of the state, and has other new divinities of his own. Socrates, quoted by Plato, Apology. External links affidavit Affidavits Category:Law