Affirmation
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In practice. A solemn religious asseveration in the nature of an oath, l^reenl. Ev. § 371.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A solemn religious asseveration in the nature of an oath. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 371. Quakers, as a class, and other persons who have conscientious scruples against taking an oath, are allowed to make affirmation in any mode which they may declare to be binding upon their consciences, in confirmation of the truth of testimony which they are about to give; 1 Atk. 21, 46; Cowp. 340, 389; 1 Leach Cr. Cas. 64; 1 Ry. & M. 77; Vail v. Nickerson, 6 Mass. 262; Com. v. Buzzell, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 153; Buller, N. P. 292; 1 Greenl. Ev. § 371. See oaths and affirmations in Great Britain and Ireland, etc., reviewed in 25 Law J. 169; Oath.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. A solemn and formal declaration or asseveration that an affidavit is true, that the witness will tell the truth, ete., this being substituted for an oath in certain cases. A solemn religious asseveration in the nature of an oath. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 371.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Testimony
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In practice. A solemn declaration made before a court, judge, or other authorized officer; an indulgence allowed by law to persons professing to have conscientious scruples against taking an oath, who, in cases where an oath is required from others, may make a solemn affirmation or declaration that what they say is true.* Tomlins. Jacob.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
practice, a solemn declaration and asseveration, which a witness makes before an officer competent to administer an oath in a like case, to tell the truth as if he had been sworn. In the United: States, generally, all witnesses who declare themselves conscientiously scrupulous against taking a corporal oath are permitted to make a solemn affirmation, and this ‘in all cases,-as well criminal as civil. For the violation of the truth in such case, the witness is subject to the punishment of perjury as if he had been sworn.