n. A clause attached to an affidavit, in which a notary or legally authorized officer attests to the fact that the affidavit was made under oath. [Middle English, informant under oath, member of a ruling body of a city, from Anglo-Norman, member of a ruling body of a city, from Medieval Latin iūrātus, juror, from past participle of Latin iūrāre, to swear; see JURY1.] |
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