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Origin of attestation
First recorded in 1540–50; from Middle French, from Latin attestātiōn-, stem of attestātiō “testimony”; equivalent to attest + -ation
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Attestation consists in giving signed answers to certain questions contained in the Form of Attestation, and in taking the oath of allegiance.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Attestation from Major-General Watson, in favour of Lieutenant Shipp's general conduct.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
Attestation by the Gastald and Officer of the Palace Court of his having put the Lady Donata and her daughters in possession of two tenements in S. Giovanni Grisostomo.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The Applause of the Crowd makes the Head giddy, but the Attestation of a reasonable Man makes the Heart glad.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
And last of all, there is the Attestation.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James
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