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af·fi·ant (

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One who makes an affidavit.

[From affy, to make affidavit, from Middle English affien, to trust, from Old French affier, to promise; see affiance.]

affiant [əˈfaɪənt]

(Law) US Law a person who makes an affidavit

[Old French, from affier to trust to, from Medieval Latin affīdāre; see affiance]

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affiant - a person who makes an affidavit

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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Law			The military judge denied a motion to call the ethics affiants as witnesses, on the ground that the conflicts issue is a legal rather than factual issue. Lawfare and legal ethics in Guantanamo by Luban, David / Stanford Law Review Frank Keim was one of our forty-three affiants on standing. Climate change in the Supreme Court by Heinzerling, Lisa / Environmental Law Ference and Cherwin argued that the affidavits of merit filed failed to comply with the applicable law because both defendants were board certified in orthopedic surgery, and neither of the affiants was so certified. Was amputation result of failure to send test results to pt.? by Hospital Law's Regan Report			affectionate Affectionated affectionately Affectionateness Affectioned affective affective computing affective disorder affective psychosis Affectively affectivity affectless Affectuous Affeer Affeerer Affeerment affenpinscher afferent afferent fiber afferent nerve afferent neuron affettuoso affiance Affiancer affiant affiants affiche affidavit Affile Affiliable affiliate affiliated Affiliated societies affiliation affiliation order affiliation proceedings affiliation training Affinal affine affine geometry affine transformation affined Affinitative Affinitive affinity affinity card affinity group affirm Affirmable Affirmance Affirmant			Affero General Public License Affero General Public License Affero GPL AFFES affettuoso AFFF AFFFA AFFG AFFGS AFFH AFFHF AFFHG AFFHO AFFHSS-MA Affi Affi affiance affiance affianced affianced Affiancer affiances affiances affiancing affiancing affiant affiant affiant affiant affiant affiants Affichage a Cristaux Liquide Affiche Affidare Affidatio dominorum affidavit affidavit affidavit affidavit affidavit affidavit Affidavit of Domicile Affidavit of Forgery Affidavit of Loss Affidavit of No Records Affidavit of Performance Affidavit of Residence Affidavits Affidavits Affidavits Affidavits Affidavits Affidavits of Loss Affidavits of Performance AFFIF AFFIL Affile Affiliable affiliate affiliate affiliate

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