UK Accounting Glossary
A person who makes a voluntary declaration of facts in a written statement and signs it under oath.
A person who swears to an affidavit
legal The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
A US term for the person who makes a voluntary declaration of facts in a written statement and signs it under oath. The UK equivalent terminology is deponent.
Further affiant sayeth naught. (A centuries-old statement that is still used on some legal documents as the final declaration prior to the affiant’s signature.)
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This glossary post was last updated: 18th January 2020.