📚 Affidavit, noun. 🔉 /ˌafɪˈdeɪvɪt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Law): A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court. ❗️ Examples: 1. A former employee swore an affidavit relating to his claim for unfair dismissal. 2. Would you read onto the record the affidavits that contain the evidentiary material that is before us? 3. When carrying out the enquiry the Court acts upon affidavits rather than oral evidence. 4. Although late in delivering the affidavits of documents the affidavits have now been delivered. 5. Put another way, it is the content of his affidavit or statement which determines the assertion. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic