Definition of Affirmations

1. Noun. (plural of affirmation) ¹

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Definition of Affirmations

1. affirmation [n] - See also: affirmation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affirmations

affinity tag
affinization
affinized
affinor
affinors
affinous
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affirmable
affirmably
affirmance
affirmances
affirmant
affirmants
affirmatio
affirmation
affirmations (current term)
affirmative
affirmative action
affirmative actions
affirmative defense
affirmative pleading
affirmative sentence
affirmative waste
affirmatively
affirmativeness
affirmatives
affirmatory
affirmaunce
affirme
affirmed

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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