The affidavit is a written version of sworn statement: a voluntary oath before a notary public, judge or commissioner of deed, all of whom are authorized to administer oaths. Both the affiant and the authorized officer are required to sign the affidavit.
The affidavit is also a useful tool in rectifying inadvertently wrongful data.
A simple example of an affidavit is the Affidavit of Two Disinterested Persons purposely to facilitate the correction of another persons name. These two (2) particular disinterested persons issuing the affidavit are usually older close acquaintances of the other persons family. The affidavit they swear to will explicitly state that they both know that the person seeking the correction of name is one and the same as that person they know since childhood years, etc. etc.
The notarized affidavit then becomes a very important supporting document; usually as attachment to the correction of name or some other form, commonly used by government or private agencies expressly for the purpose of rectifying erroneous entry of persons names.
On the other hand, affidavits are collected and used in the preparation of lawsuits. ...
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