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   Affirmation , n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.]
    Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
   Hooker.
   
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   The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
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   That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vendor, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
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   (Law) 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.
   Bouvier.
   
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