Definition of affirmation
- n. - Confirmation of anything established; ratification;
as, the affirmation of a law.
- n. - The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion;
-- opposed to negation or denial.
- n. - That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive
statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to
property sold, or of its quality.
- n. - A solemn declaration made under the penalties of
perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which
declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
- n. - Confirmation of anything established; ratification;
as, the affirmation of a law.
- n. - The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion;
-- opposed to negation or denial.
- n. - That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive
statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to
property sold, or of its quality.
- n. - A solemn declaration made under the penalties of
perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which
declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.