affiant

 [uh-fahy-uhnt]  

af·fi·ant

   [uh-fahy-uhnt]
noun Law.
a person who makes an affidavit.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; obsolete v. affy to confide (< Middle French afier; see affiance) + -ant
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Affiant is always a great word to know.
So is abeyance. Does it mean:
a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act
a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder
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affiant (əˈfaɪənt)
 
—n
(US) law a person who makes an affidavit
 
[C19: Old French, from affier to trust to, from Medieval Latin affīdāre; see affiance]

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