AFFIDAVIT, verifying copies or extracts, obtained from Parish Registers. If the Affidavit is to be sworn in a cause, state the court and the name of the cause. A. B. of in the county of gentleman, maketh oath and saith that the paper, writi g, or exh.bit, hereunto annexed, marked with the letter A. is a true copy of or extract from the register, of the parish of in the county of so far as concerns the marriage of C. D. with E. F. and that he this Deponent did on the day of last [or instant, as the case may be] examine the said copy or extract, with the said parish register; and that the name "G. H." set and subscribed therelo is of the proper hand writing of the said G. H、 who set and subscribed his name thereto in this Deponent's presence. AND THIS DEPONENT FURTHER SAITH, that the paper writing or exhibit hereunto ant ex d, marked with the letter B. is a true copy of or extract from the register of the parish of in the city of far as concerns the burial of J. K, and that he this Deponent did on the last [or instant, according to the Jurat at the foot of the affidavit] examine the said copy or extract with the said parish register; and that the name "L. M." set and subscribed thereto, is of the proper hand writing of the said L. M. who set and subscribed his name thereto in this Deponent's presence. A. B. day of SO N. B. Those parts of the above Affidavit, printed in italics, may be entirely omitted, as nothing is essential to be sworn to, but that the documents annexed are true copies or extracts. It is not necessary that the minister, parish clerk, or any other person should certify at the foot thereof that they are such, and where they are officious enough to do so, I would recom. mend that part to be cut off. Nor is it necessary to annex, and thus make them exhibits. The more simple and proper way is; The person who is to make the Affidavit, should take an affidavit's stamp with him, and copy the register himself on it, then examine it with the register, and write his affidavit underneath. This saves the trouble of annexing the copies or extracts, and marking them as exhibits, and also the expence of 2s. 6d. for each exhibit. The clerk of the person generally writes on the before whom the affidavit is sworn, exhibits; but the notification on the back of each exhibit should be prepared for his signature, as well as the Jurat, previous to going before him. The following is the form to be in. dorsed on each of the documents, when annexed and made ex. hibits. This is the paper writing or exhibit marked A. mentioned and referred to in the Affidavit of A. B. hereunto annexed and sworn this 18- before me, day of N. Q. AFFIDAVIT of the due execution of a Letter of At. torney to receive a debt due from a person resi dent in one of the West India islands.--See the Letter of Attorney subsequently. G. H. of in the county of gentleman, maketh oath and saith, that he was present on the day of instant, [or last] and did see A. B. of, &c. [description as in letter of attorney] sign and seal, and as his act and deed, deliver the power of attorney, or "A. paper writing hereunto annexed, marked with the letter A, G. H. Lord Mayor, Note, the usual affidavit of debt must also be annexed, and worn before the Lord Mayor; after which you take the whole to the Lord Mayor's court office (over the Royal Exchange) and one of the Attorneys of that Court gets the proper notarial act annexed, and the city seal affixed to it; after which you have nothing to do but to send it to the place of its destination: or you may go in the first place to the Lord Mayor's court office, and one of the Attorneys will go with you to the Mansion House or Guildhall, to get the Affidavits sworn, &c. AFFIDAVIT as to the signatures to a notice of Dis T ! G. H. of - Sworn at the Mansion House this day of G. H. AFFIDAVIT as to the Determination of an Estate Tail. A. B. of in the county of Gentleman, MAKETH OATH, That he, this Deponent, on or about the day of rish of to make enquiries res aforesaid, Baker, and him that he had Elizabeth his wife, in order to ascertain if there were any and found that the said C. D. was buried on the And this Deponent also searched the register of baptisms in that Parish, but could find no mention of any children of the said C. D. and Elizabeth his wife in such last mentioned register: AND this Deponent further saith, that he afterwards went to Mr. D. D.'s of — Farm, near near aforesaid, Brother to the said C. D. who was not at home, but whose Son informed this Deponent, that he never heard there were any issue of the aforesaid marriage: AND this Deponent afterwards went to the Sister of the last mentioned person, who is the wife of Mr. of aforesaid, who also said she never had heard that there was issue between the said C. D. and E. D. deceased: AND this Deponent further saith, that from thence he went to Mr. F. D.'s who this Deponent understood to be another Brother of the aforeaid C. D. deceased, who being ill could not be seen, but his wife informed this Deponent, that she knew the late C. D. had no Children by his first wife, the said E. D. AND this Deponent further saith, that he also searched the registers of burials and baptisms in the adjoining Parish of aforesaid, for the said years but could find no mention of any children of the said C. D. and E. D. in such last mentioned registers: AND this Deponent lastly saith, that he enquired of various other inhabitants of both the said Parishes of from the whole of the information he, this Deponent, was able to collect in making all the above enquiries, he has reason to think, and does verily believe, that the above 1 to and and |