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affidavit

written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law
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affidavit

Summary

affidavit is a legal term or legal concept[1]. affidavit ranks in the top 3% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,179 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • affidavit authored affiant[3].
  • affidavit's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].
  • affidavit is a type of legal instrument[5].
  • affidavit's Commons category is recorded as Affidavits[6].
  • affidavit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Affidavits[7].
  • affidavit's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • affidavit's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • affidavit's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].

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Designation and Status

affidavit's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].

Why It Matters

affidavit ranks in the top 3% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,179 views/month).[2] affidavit has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] affidavit is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). affidavit. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/affidavit
MLA “affidavit.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/affidavit.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_affidavit_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{affidavit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/affidavit}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → legal instrument
    Subclass of → —
    Author → affiant
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293837605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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