Definition of Affiants

1. Noun. (plural of affiant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Affiants

1. affiant [n] - See also: affiant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affiants

afferent lymphatic
afferent nerve
afferent neuron
afferent pathways
afferent vessel
afferently
afferents
affetti
affiance
affianced
affiancer
affiancers
affiances
affiancing
affiant
affiants (current term)
affiaunce
affibody
affiche
affiches
afficionadi
afficionado
afficionados
affidavit
affidavit men
affidavits
affied
affies
affiliable
affiliate

Literary usage of Affiants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1896)
"Examining affiants.—And it is permissible in some states to examine the ... In determining as to the credibility of affiants, the court may inquire into ..."

2. Report of the Commissioners for the Revision and Reform of the Law by California (1900)
"... as the case may be, or 10 stating that decedent left no husband or wife, and that affiant 11 is or affiants are the children of said decedent, ..."

3. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1881)
"Anthony, in whose presence the affiants took the oath administered by the Fiscal. Date as above, und signed : LAMONTAGNE and ..."

4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1903)
"... but, without the knowledge of the plaintiff or of the affiants, and without authority to do so, he redeemed the property from the pretended sale; ..."

5. A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson, ( (2001)
"That affiants are informed and believe that Daniel C. Isham, James Meade, Mary A. Taylor, and Charles Hensley have each of them filed in the land office of ..."

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