Verify
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
2 To show to be true; to confirm by oath: as, to verify an account, a petition, a plea, by making oath to the truth of the statement of the facts set forth. Whence verification. Sometimes, to confirm or substantiate by oath, sometimes by argument; in legal proceedings generally the former." A notary may " verify " a mortgagee's written statement of the amount of his claim, but need not " authenticate " the act by his seal. " Verify " here means to swear to.* Compare Aver,.