In American jurisprudence, under the rules for hearsay, admission of an unsupported affidavit as evidence is unusual ( especially if the affiant is not available for cross-examination ) with regard to material facts which may be dispositive of the matter at bar.

Irene Bolam, who had been a banker in New York during the 1940s, denied being Earhart, filed a lawsuit requesting $ 1. 5 million in damages and submitted a lengthy affidavit in which she refuted the claims.

The book Poem of the Man God received praise from Pope Pius XII's confessor ( Augustin Bea ), and was presented to Pius XII during a special audience in 1948 in which he reportedly approved it, and the Servite priests present signed an affidavit to that effect.

An affidavit in which she had declared herself married, which she made during the Sex trial in 1927, was also uncovered.

However, in 1731 seven verderers became so concerned by the increase in activity that they signed an affidavit which demonstrated their worries.

Andre Tabayoyon, a former Scientologist and Sea Org staffer, testified in a 1994 affidavit that money from not-for-profit Scientology organizations and labor from those organizations ( including the Rehabilitation Project Force ) had gone to provide special facilities for Scientology celebrities, which were not available to other Scientologists:

Critics of Steven Fishman have produced the affidavit of Kenneth D. Long, a Scientology executive, which states that Fishman received services from a Scientology mission, did a few introductory courses, never worked for the Church or CCHR, and did not get any auditing or do any courses at the main Miami church, which would conflict with his claims.

In 1999, former RUC officer John Weir made a sworn affidavit in which he admitted colluding with loyalist paramilitaries and implicated many other police officers and soldiers of the same.

That Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act, which, among other things, required all union officers to sign an affidavit that they were not Communists in order for the union to bring a case before the NLRB.

In the same affidavit, Nichols admitted that he and McVeigh stole eight cases of the gel type explosive Tovex from a Marion, Kansas quarry, some of which was later used in the Oklahoma City truck bomb.

Lyon's mother provided an affidavit, which was not presented at trial, testifying that Lyons was the result of an unexpected teenage pregnancy and grew up in a household where he was regularly abused and beaten by his grandmother.

Some northeastern U. S. states have a tradition in which the legal argument comes in the form of an affidavit from the attorney, speaking personally as himself on behalf of his client.

In contrast, in most U. S. states, the memorandum is written impersonally or as if the client were speaking directly to the court, and the attorney reserves declarations of his own personal knowledge to a separate declaration or affidavit ( which are then cited to in the memorandum ).

An affidavit filed on June 23, which was unsealed on June 30, seeking a search warrant for Dennehy's computer says that an informant in Delaware told police that Dotson, who was by now at home in Hurlock, Maryland, told a cousin that he had shot and killed Dennehy during an argument while firing guns in the Waco area.

In 1809 Montholon claimed to be wounded at the Battle of Jena, an event which his commanding officer swore did not happen in a later affidavit.

And be it also enacted, That when a person held to labor in any of the United States, or in either of the Territories on the Northwest or South of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other part of the said States or Territory, the person to whom such labor or service may be due, his agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any Judge of the Circuit or District Courts of the United States, residing or being within the State, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made, and upon proof to the satisfaction of such Judge or magistrate, either by oral testimony or affidavit taken before and certified by a magistrate of any such State or Territory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such Judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent, or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the State or Territory from which he or she fled.

In January 1993 she filed an affidavit in her divorce proceeding in which she said she had no annual earnings from employment during most of the 18 years of her marriage to Thomas, and had never earned more than $ 20, 000 per year, except in 1990, when she " sold an idea to Fox television for a windfall once-in-a-lifetime sum of $ 75, 000 ".

His conviction was appealed, and ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court on January 31, 1921, which found that Judge Landis had improperly presided over the case after the filing of an affidavit of prejudice.

The earliest documentation of him in the U. S. is an 1848 affidavit in which Waltz declared himself to be " about 38 years old ".

Vellacott's campaign later produced an affidavit from Saskatchewan politician Tom Hengen, in which he " to the best of knowledge and belief " named Axworthy campaign worker George Laliberte as the caller.

Later that same month, the FCC approved the transaction after securing an affidavit from General Tire's president that " no better deal " would be offered the tire company to buy " time, facilities and services " on Yankee Network stations, and that General Tire would " never " use its ownership to gain an unfair advertising advantage over competitors.

Narayanan – AIR India Reporter 1988 Court Page No. 1381 ; 1988 Volume No. 3 SCC Court Cases Page No. 366 ; 1988 PLJR 78 – Although an affidavit may be taken as proof of the facts stated therein, the Courts have no jurisdiction to admit evidence by way of affidavit.

The lawyer if called upon would be able to present independent and more detailed evidence to prove the facts set forth in his affidavit.

The story prompted Elliott to release a second affidavit, in August 2004, in which he stated, " Had I known the facts, I would not have recommended Kerry for the Silver Star for simply pursuing and dispatching a single wounded, fleeing Viet Cong.

This differs from an affiant, as in the case of an affidavit the facts therein are sworn to before an notary public or other official, whereas a declaration is usually made by one person for the use of another.

Contradictions between this affidavit and the facts as recorded at the time in Halt's memo and tape recording have been pointed out.

In 1996, Hayworth fired two of his campaign aides for their part in forging his signature to file a campaign affidavit on time.

A report on the SBS Dateline program, broadcast on 26 June 2011, states that Sir Michael Somare, at the time Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader, had signed an affidavit in 2001 specifying that the PNG government was acting under instruction from mining giant Rio Tinto.

* Bradford says that, though she died ' long before ' her husband, ' yet she dyed aged ,' but by her affidavit of 1609 she was less than sixty years of age and it is probable that her ' great & continuall labours, with others crosses, and sorrows, hastened it ( t. a. old age ) before y * time.

The initial hearing was ineffective because Hastings was unable to provide an affidavit from O ' Brien, which was required for a writ of habeas corpus to be considered, but by the time the hearing was resumed on 10 April he had managed to obtain one.

" According to the affidavit read at the beginning of his segment, Anderson was at the time " generally considered to be the top composer of country music in the nation.

3. And be it further enacted, That whenever, by or under the authority of the constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of any Territory, any act is or shall be required to done by any citizen as a prerequisite to qualify or entitle him to vote, the offer of any such citizen to perform the act required to be done as aforesaid shall, if it fail to be carried into execution by reason of the wrongful act or omission aforesaid of the person or officer charged with the duty of receiving or permitting such performance or offer to perform, or acting thereon, be deemed and held as a performance in law of such act ; and the person so offering and failing as aforesaid, and being otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to vote in the same manner and to the same extent as if he had in fact performed such act ; and any judge, inspector, or other officer of election whose duty it is or shall be to receive, count, certify, register, report, or give effect to the vote of any such citizen who shall wrongfully refuse or omit to receive, count, certify, register, report, or give effect to the vote of such citizen upon the presentation by him of his affidavit stating such offer and the time and place thereof, and the name of the officer or person whose duty it was to act thereon, and that he was wrongfully prevented by such person or officer from performing such act, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action on the case, with full costs, and such allowance for counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also for every such offence be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court .”

* Texas-a holographic will can be self-proved at creation by the testimony of two witnesses when formed ( similar to a regular will ); in addition, " uch a will may be made self-proved at any time during the testator's lifetime by the attachment or annexation thereto of an affidavit by the testator to the effect that the instrument is his last will ; that he was at least eighteen years of age when he executed it ( or, if under such age, was or had been lawfully married, or was then a member of the armed forces of the United States or of an auxiliary thereof or of the Maritime Service ); that he was of sound mind ; and that he has not revoked such instrument.

Marcel Turcotte was said to have been paid $ 500 by an agent of Blanchet after he signed an affidavit to the effect that he had occupied an unheated building on the land ( not far from his home ) 50 % of the time, thereby justifying the zoning change application under a grandfather clause.

" On December 20, 2007, the actual names in the Grimsley search warrant affidavit were revealed to the public.

Collyer would read an affidavit from the actual contestant, and then monitor the panel's cross-examination.

Jurat ( through legal French from Latin juratum, " sworn ", from jurare, " to swear ") is the name given to the clause at the foot of an affidavit showing when, where, and before whom the actual oath was sworn or affirmation was made.

In English and American law, the word jurat is applied to that part of an affidavit which contains the names of the parties swearing the affidavit, the actual statement that an oath or affirmation has been made, the person before whom it was sworn, the date, place and other necessary particulars.

Shortly after the trial, however, a minority studies teacher at Skidmore College, Joseph Bruchac, came forward and swore in an affidavit that he had discussed The African with Haley in 1970 or 1971 and had given his own personal copy of The African to Haley, events that took place a good number of years prior to the publication of Roots.

Broaddrick later said of the affidavit, " I didn ’ t want to be forced to testify about one of the most horrific events in my life.

Shortly after the trial, however, a minority studies teacher at Skidmore College, Joseph Bruchac, came forward and swore in an affidavit that he had discussed The African with Haley in 1970 or 1971 and had given his own personal copy of The African to Haley, events that took place a good number of years prior to the publication of Roots.

Her brother Paul Moroney who is a prominent horse trainer / owner was involved in the controversy surrounding Owen Glenn contributing to the New Zealand First party, by giving an affidavit supporting Mr Glenn's version of events.

In Wiesenthal ’ s testimony to the War crime investigators in May 1945, he does not mention these incidents or Kohlrautz ’ s part in them, and neither were the events included in an affidavit he made in August 1954, recounting his wartime experiences.