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affidavit

Law a declaration in writing made upon oath before a person authorized to administer oaths, esp for use as evidence in court
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Cochrane, publisher/CEO of Blethen Maine Newspapers, told employees in an e-mail Tuesday that an affadavit filed in a court case said it was possible the company could be dismantled without a sale.
You may fill out an identity theft affadavit at the Federal Trade Commission Web site--www.ftc.gov.
Pastor Bob Lutu, Deputy Senior Pastor for the Christian Life Centre, Waigani Praise Centre, stated in his National Court Affadavit (as cited by Cox 2006:10) that Musingku was 'a Born Again Christian (sic) ...
"They may try to get out of it with a signed affadavit but we intend to seek an order from the court requiring that they attend the hearing personally."
He is said to have pressured the second doctor to write an affadavit supporting him (Dr Mattu) in a grievance hearing in 2001, then advised him to stop playing tennis with a particular colleague.
Mr Kilfoyle, who has twice highlighted the scandal in the Commons, was visiting Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire when Haase gave the affadavit to author Graham Johnson.
Affadavit of William Suckling 9 April 1897; William George Morant, Chief Constable of South Shields, to Home Office, 1 February 1898, HO144/408/B23813.
17, 1998) [hereinafter Quinn Affadavit (Lawrence)] (on file with
Hall has submitted a doctor's affadavit saying he isn't healthy enough to testify after suffering a mild stroke on Feb.
The affadavit featured in this article comes from the Records of the District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, and is housed in the National Archives-Northeast Region in New York, N.Y.
Some restaurants won't let you book a table until they've got your personal details, credit history, employment record, list of professional qualifications and signed affadavit from an upstanding member of the community.
FBI director Louis Freeh sais the intelligence losses appeared to be 'exceptionally grave' after a bureau affadavit alleged that Hanssen betrayed his country for nearly pounds 1 million in cash and diamonds.