# Attestation

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{{Short description|Bear witness, confirm or authenticate}}

An '''attestation''' is something that serves to bear witness, confirm, authenticate or verify the validity of some fact or status.<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Dictionary of Law |date=2022 |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |isbn=9780191923883 |editor-last=Law |editor-first=Jonathan |chapter=attestation}}</ref> An ''attestor'' is someone who performs an attestation. An ''attestation date'' is the date on which an attestation is performed.

== Examples ==
Examples of attestations include:
* [Testimony](/source/Testimony), a sworn verification of the truth of a set of factual statements
* An [attestation clause](/source/attestation_clause), verifying a document
* A [police oath](/source/Police_oath) or an [oath of allegiance](/source/Oath_of_Allegiance_(United_Kingdom)) in armed forces of the United Kingdom, pledging loyalty or the faithful execution of duties
* A validation of the integrity of a computing device such as a server needed for [trusted computing](/source/trusted_computing)

== See also ==
* {{wikt inline|attest}}
* {{wikt inline| attestation}}
* {{wikt inline| attestor}}
* [Attested language](/source/Attested_language), a language for which documented evidence exists

== References ==
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Category:Broad-concept articles
Category:Evidence

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