(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.
Sworn
Definition:
(p. p.) of Swear
() p. p. of Swear.
Example Sentences:
(1) But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone.
(2) The US state department said in a statement: "We trust that the vice-president (Banda) who is next in line will be sworn-in shortly."
(3) The solicitor did a search, they went through the parish records and local histories, they got a sworn statement from the vendors: in the 150-plus years since it was built, the farm had never flooded.
(4) According to the papers, David Cameron took three months [to get sworn in].
(5) On Tuesday, Obama was sworn in with his palm on the same velvet-covered Bible used by Lincoln in 1861, but he had no bible with him at the re-run.
(6) But Abbott said “operation sovereign borders” – aimed at “stopping the boats” would start as soon as the new government was sworn in on Wednesday.
(7) Turnbull has announced no detailed new policies – the new prime minister’s cabinet met for the first time after being sworn in Monday – but he is differentiating himself from his predecessor in style and approach.
(8) She had been sworn at and spat on – anything to force the expression they wanted on to her face.
(9) He hasn't nicked stuff from you, been sick in your sock drawer, sworn at your mother or made a pass at your girlfriend.
(10) This person had obtained top secret information and established contacts with our number one sworn enemy, America, and passed on our country’s most crucial intelligence to the enemy,” Mohseni-Eje’i said.
(11) New Gambian leader Adama Barrow sworn in at ceremony in Senegal Read more But Jammeh, like most dictators, gives greater weight to his ego and grandeur over national peace and harmony.
(12) Australia's newly elected conservative prime minister, Tony Abbott , has been officially sworn in amid criticism of the lack of women in his cabinet.
(13) 20 January 2009 - Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the US, with Joe Biden as his vice president.
(14) The latest signs that France could be given some leeway came as the yen fell to its lowest level against the dollar for two years as the government of recession-hit Japan was formally sworn in.
(15) I could have sworn your family was in sawft furnishings.
(16) Holding a Qur’an and looking solemn, Barrow was sworn in at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, where he has spent the past few days, and delivered his inaugural speech as president.
(17) Kejriwal will be sworn in as chief minister of Delhi on 14 February.
(18) And he’s said his new ministry won’t be sworn in until Monday.
(19) Even senior managers would preface announcements with “I know no one likes Michael Gove , but …” Another, who teaches history and politics at a comprehensive in Cheshire and is open with colleagues about his views but does not want students knowing how he votes, says he was “friendlily sworn at” on the day after the election.
(20) His monstrous wardrobe, his entourages of 300 or 400 ferried in four aeroplanes, his huge bedouin tent, complete with accompanying camel, pitched in public parks or in the grounds of five-star hotels – and his bodyguards of gun-toting young women, who, though by no means hiding their charms beneath demure Islamic veils, were all supposedly virgins, and sworn to give their lives for their leader.