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Testimony vs Affidavit - What's the difference?

testimony | affidavit |

In lang=en terms the difference between testimony and affidavit

is that testimony is statements made by a witness in court while affidavit is a signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

testimony

English

(wikipedia testimony)

Alternative forms

* testimonie (obsolete)

Noun

(testimonies)
  • (legal) statements made by a witness in court.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , date = 21 August 2012 , first = Ed , last = Pilkington , title = Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , newspaper = The Guardian , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/21/death-penalty-trial-reggie-clemons?newsfeed=true , page = , passage = The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991. }}
  • An account of first-hand experience.
  • * Milton
    • [Thou] for the testimony of truth, hast borne / Universal reproach.
  • In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
  • Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.
  • * Bible Mark vi. 11
    • When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

    Derived terms

    * compel testimony * testimonial

    Related terms

    * test * testify

    External links

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    affidavit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia affidavit)
  • (legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.
  • * 1959 , William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch , page 142
    • Lee's case is urgent. He has to file an immediate affidavit that he is suffering from bubonic plague to avoid eviction from the house he has occupied ten years without paying the rent.
    He submitted his affidavit rather than appearing to testify in court.