The maker of an affidavit or deposition.
Definition of Affiant
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
The maker of an affidavit or deposition.
The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit. The word is used, in this sense, interchangeably with "deponent" But the latter term should be reserved as the designation of one who makes a deposition.