Af`fir*ma"tion (#), n. [L. affirmatio: cf. F. affirmation.]
1.
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
Hooker.
2.
The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
3.
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive tatement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
4. Law
A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
Bouvier.
© Webster 1913.