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Jurat: "Sworn (or affirmed) to before me this _____ day of _____, 20__." Oath: "Do you solemnly swear that the contents of this affidavit subscribed by you are correct and true?" Affirmation (for those opposed to swearing oaths): "Do you solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm that the statements made by you are true and correct?"
Jurat, i.e., the oath of witnesses that the contents of the document were sworn to and that the witnesses witnessed its signing; Testimonium clause expressing the identities of the signatories and the time and place at which they signed it, e.g., "Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of October, 2009, in the City of Dayton";
A jurat (short for Latin juratum (est), "it has been sworn", 3rd singular perfect passive of jurare, "to swear") is a clause at the foot of an affidavit showing when, where, and before whom the actual oath was sworn or affirmation was made.
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Where allowed, such an endorsement gives the document the same weight as an affidavit, per 28 U.S.C. § 1746 [2] The document is called a sworn declaration or sworn statement instead of an affidavit, and the maker is called a "declarant" rather than an "affiant", but other than this difference in terminology, the two are treated identically by ...
Why U.S. presidents put a hand on the Bible when they take the oath of office on Inauguration Day. ... on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Credit - Drew ...