A Woman Who Is Called A Wife
Affidavit refers to a written promise, and its Latin roots connect it to another kind of promise in English. It comes from a past tense form of the Latin verb affidare, meaning “to pledge”; in Latin, affidavit translates to “he or she has made a pledge.” Affidare is also the root of affiance, an archaic English noun meaning “trust, faith, confidence,” “marriage contract or… Read More »