affidavit

See also: affidávit

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from fīdō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæfɪˈdeɪvɪt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪvɪt

Noun

affidavit (plural affidavits)

1. (law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
   • 1959, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, page 142:

     Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.

   He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.

Translations

legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement

• Catalan: afidàvit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣誓書／宣誓书 (xuānshìshū), 宣誓书 (xuānshìshū)

• Dutch: affidavit (nl) n, beëdigde verklaring f
• Esperanto: afidavito
• Finnish: valaehtoinen kirjallinen todistus
• French: affidavit (fr)
• German: eidesstattliche Versicherung (de) f, eidesstattliche Erklärung (de) f, Versicherung an Eides statt (de) f
• Greek: ένορκη γραπτή κατάθεση f (énorki graptí katáthesi)
• Hebrew: תצהיר (he) m (tatzhir)
• Hungarian: eskü alatt tett írásbeli nyilatkozat (literally “a written statement made under oath”)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: eiðsvarin yfirlýsing f, skrifleg yfirlýsing f, eiðfest yfirlýsing f
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 宣誓供述書 (せんせいきょうじゅつしょ, sensei kyōjutsusho), 供述書 (きょうじゅつしょ, kyōjutsusho)
• Korean: 선서진술서 (seonseojinsulseo)
• Portuguese: affidavit m
• Romanian: afidavit n
• Russian: аффиде́вит (ru) m (affidɛ́vit), аффидави́т (ru) m (affidavít), пи́сьменное показа́ние под прися́гой n (písʹmennoje pokazánije pod prisjágoj)
• Sinhalese: දිවුරුම් පත (diwurum pata), දිවුරුම් පෙත්සම n (diwurum petsama)
• Spanish: declaración jurada f, affidávit (es) m

Further reading

• affidavit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

affidavit m (plural affidavits)

1. affidavit

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) affīdāvit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of affīdō (“to swear”)

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Portuguese

Noun

affidavit m (plural s)

1. (law) affidavit (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement)