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n

The act of authenticating a document by observing its execution at the request of the party signing the document, and then signing it as a witness.

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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