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Definition of Affirmations
1. affirmation [n] - See also: affirmation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affirmations
Literary usage of Affirmations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1854)
"AN ACT to authorize Notaries Public to take and certify oaths, affirmations, and
acknowledgments in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ..."
2. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1914)
"5077, 5079, also 5 5076-A; Act of 1841, §§ 5, 7; As to affirmations, Act of
1867, § 48. ... U. Affirmations, 447. I. OATHS. ai. Comparison with former act. ..."
3. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1907)
"Oath*, Affirmations.— a Oaths required by this act, except upon hearings in court,
... 7; As to affirmations, Act of 1867, I 48. In Bng.: None. ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"To protest is to declare a thing solemnly, nml with strong marks of sincerity.
Affirmations are made of the past and present; a person affirms what he has ..."
5. A Complete Series of Precedents in Conveyancing and of Common and Commercial by George Crabb (1845)
"Affirmations by Quakers and Moravians. Separatists. ... 7) of the last-mentioned
statute, oaths and affirmations are to be administered, taken and made as ..."
6. The Practice of the Sheriff Courts of Scotland in Civil Causes by John Dove Wilson (1875)
"An ACT to allow Affirmations or Declarations to be made instead of Oaths in all
Civil and Criminal Proceedings in Scotland. ..."
7. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1765)
"... and fuch n on penalty of tively authorized and impowered to administer the
above-men- of'Col. tioned oaths and affirmations; and if any fuch ..."
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