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Attestation

noun
1.
The action of bearing witness.
2.
The evidence by which something is attested.



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"Attestation" Quotes from Famous Books



... still earlier attestation of the existence of our little work than the Suy catalogue. The "Catalogue Raisonne" of the imperial library of the present dynasty mentions two quotations from it by Le Tao-yueen, a geographical writer ...
— Chinese Literature • Anonymous

... it were written by the secretary, who is of service to nobody, but on the contrary causes every one to complain that nothing can be done. Director Kieft had done the same thing when he was apprehensive that an attestation would be executed against him. And so it is their practice generally to do everything they can think of in order to uphold their conduct. Those whose offices required them to concern themselves with the affairs of the country, and did ...
— Narrative of New Netherland • J. F. Jameson, Editor

... are well and faithfully copied. Given in the island of Cubu, on the twentieth day of October, in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-eight. Therefore, I, the said Fernando Riquel, affix hereunto my signature and accustomed flourish, in attestation of truth. Fernando Riquel.) ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Volume II, 1521-1569 • Emma Helen Blair

... forty years. Inadequate as is the present offering, some satisfaction is felt at the opportunity presented of bestowing this small tribute to the memory of one whom I ever venerated, and, in so doing, of adding another attestation to the merits of so good and great ...
— Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey • Joseph Cottle

... which you express to aid me. I can hardly believe that the Emperor will refuse a demand which I will venture to say is so just, and particularly when it is presented by you. Believe me, madame, that my gratitude equals the sentiments of which I beg you to receive, in advance, the most sincere attestation." ...
— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott


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