Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attestation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Attestation \At`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. attestatio: cf. F.
attestation.]
The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or
official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a
fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of
witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a
name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
attestation
n 1: written declaration made under oath; a written statement
sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to
administer an oath [syn: {affidavit}]
2: the evidence by which something is attested
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