Affirmation
AFFIRMATION (from Lat. affirmare, to assert), the declaration that something is true; in logic, a positive judgment, the union of the subject and predicate of a proposition; particularly, in law, the solemn declaration allowed to those who conscientiously object to taking an oath. (See OATH.)
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
