Attestation Clause
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, and the manner of the execution of the same. The usual attestation clause to a will is in the following formula, to-wit: "Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above-named A B, as and for his last will and testament, In the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names as the witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said testator and of each other." That of deeds is generally In these words: "Sealed and delivered in the presence of us."