Affidatio Dominorum
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An oath taken by the lords in parliament.
AFFIDATU8.
One who Is not a vassal, but who, for the sake of protection, has connected himself with one more powerful.
Spelman; 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 46.
AFFIDAVIT (Lat.) In practice. A statement or declaration reduced to writing, and sworn or affirmed to before some officer who has authority to administer an oath.
80 111. 307; 59 Mo. App. 188; 1 Mich. N. P. 189.
It differs from a deposition in this, that in the latter the opposite party has an opportunity to cross-examine the witness, whereas an afl Sdavit is always taken ex parte.
3 Blatchf. (U. S.) 456; 4 Kan. 124.
It is not synonymous with "oath" (76 Ky. 417), but includes the oath (2 Chand. [Wis.] 29-32, note). It is not a pleading.
7 Ean. 859.