To confirm or substantiate by oath; to show to be true. Particularly used of making formal oath to accounts, petitions, pleadings, and other papers. The word "verify" sometimes means to confirm and substantiate by oath, and seme-times by argument When used in legal proceedings it is generally employed in the former sense. De Witt v. Hosmer, 3 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 284.
Definition of Verify
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition