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v

  1. To confirm, ratify, or otherwise approve a lower courtÂ’s decision on appeal.
  2. To solemnly declare that certain statements are true or that one will testify truthfully.
  3. To make a solemn promise. See also oath.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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