Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 5305 – Nonresidents in legal proceedings
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In all legal proceedings in this State, wherein an oath or affidavit is required to be made by any person not residing in this State, such oath or affidavit may be administered and certified in the same manner and by the same persons as the laws of this State prescribe for taking the acknowledgment of deeds or the probate of accounts against a deceased person’s estate, where the acknowledgment or probate is made out of this State.
13 Del. Laws, c. 462; Code 1915, § ?4250; Code 1935, § ?4720; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?5305;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 5305
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Probate: Proving a will
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302