Affirmation
Affirmation
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Concept of Affirmation in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Affirmation: A substitution for an oath when a person objects to taking an oath (Quakers, atheists, etc.). A lie after an affirmation is still perjury.
Concept of Affirmation in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Affirmation: A substitution for an oath when a person objects to taking an oath (Quakers, atheists, etc.). A lie after an affirmation is still perjury.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Affirmation
(You may find affirmation at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
early 15c., "assertion that something is true," from Old French afermacion "confirmation" (14c.), from Latin affirmationem (nominative affirmatio) "an affirmation, solid assurance," noun of action from past participle stem of affirmare "to make steady; strengthen; confirm," from ad "to" (see ad-) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). In law, as the word for the conscientious objector alternative to oath-taking (Quakers, Moravians, etc.), it is attested from 1690s; if false, it incurs the same penalty as perjury.
Affirmation
Affirmation
Meaning of Affirmation
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Oath
Oath
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