Attestation
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The act of witnessing an instrument in writing, at the request of the party making the same, and subscribing itas a witness.
3 P. Wms. 254; 2 Ves. Sr. 454; 17 Piek. 373.
Heecution and attestation are clearly distinct formalities; the former being the act of the party, the latter of the witnesses only.