(n.) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Certainly the affidavit against Ferdaus paints a compelling picture of a man hellbent on waging jihad in America and eager to take the guns and explosives eventually supplied to him by the undercover FBI agents.
(2) Applicants were then required to provide strong evidence to the NSW crown solicitor’s office of connection to country, and included affidavits from traditional owners and reports by an anthropologist, historian and linguist.
(3) Kennedy fiercely denied it, and Sorensen signed an affidavit confirming Kennedy's story that the book was all his own work.
(4) He told the court in an affidavit that the withdrawal of care by the department, which has rated him 100% permanently disabled and thus eligible for all medical treatment under its auspices, has meant he now has to travel 130 miles from his home to see a doctor for pain relief.
(5) Each day, he waived his right to a lawyer and his right to remain silent every day in writing, the affidavit states.
(6) Over the next year he filled a conference room at the Johns Creek station with boxes of police reports, victim affidavits, and audio recordings.
(7) In an affidavit , Dr Larry Sasich told the court that Georgia's likely use of a compounding pharmacist to concoct pentobarbital for the Hill execution presented the prisoner with substantial risk that the drugs would not work effectively.
(8) In a sworn affidavit accompanying the motion, Dershowitz states that Roberts’s lawyers “levelled totally false and outrageous charges against me that have been damaged around the world and threaten to damage my reputation irrevocably”.
(9) Presented as evidence to support his claim are affidavits from experts in cognitive science, psychology and behavioral biology, as well as Wise’s own rich knowledge of philosophical arguments and studies on chimpanzees.
(10) In his affidavit, Pasha said that he had "seen enough corroborative material" to "prove" the allegations against the Washington ambassador, who was forced to resign over the issue.
(11) In her sworn affidavit, Roberts said: “I have seen Buckingham Palace’s recent ‘emphatic’ denial that Prince Andrew had sexual contact with me.
(12) From long lines and dramatic understaffing to longtime voters being forced to cast affidavit ballots and thousands of registered New Yorkers being dropped from the rolls, what’s happening today is a disgrace.
(13) "It was my observation that he was in pain," Neal Dupree, a lawyer for Diaz and a witness to the execution, wrote in an affidavit.
(14) "Ferdaus indicated that he could write instructions or make a video on how to construct the cell phone detonation devices," the affidavit said.
(15) The court will hear – either in person at a secret session of the trial, or in an affidavit – from an anonymous witness called only "John Doe", who is believed to be one of the 22 US Navy Seals who killed Bin Laden in a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011.
(16) One reads: “If you don’t withdraw your affidavits against us in trial.
(17) In October that year, the government filed an affidavit in the Indian supreme court, arguing that commercial surrogacy on the part of foreigners invited the exploitation of poor women.
(18) It doesn’t feel at all democratic to me.” By mid-afternoon on polling day, more than a dozen voters had contacted the Guardian to report varying degrees of frustration with the process, many of whom said they were required to cast provisional votes by affidavit while they waited to have their names checked for eligibility.
(19) In a statement to the Guardian through his lawyer, Wright said he refuted some claims made in the affidavit and had not joined the group until 2016, denied he hated Muslims and argued that he was entitled to engage in “survivalist activities and ‘prepping’” for when “shit hits the fan”.
(20) Marquez also purchased explosives at this time – “in furtherance of his and Farook’s plans to create bombs and commit mass killings,” according to the affidavit.