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Statutory declaration

Commonly used to allow a person to declare something to be true for the purposes of satisfying some legal requirement or regulation when no other evidence is available. They are made under statutory authority before a justice of the peace or a commissioner for oaths and may in certain circumstances be substituted for a statement on oath, such as an affidavit or sworn statement.
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