Affirmant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Affirmant \Af*firm"ant\ ([a^]f*f[~e]rm"ant), n. [L. affirmans,
     -antis, p. pr. See {Affirm}.]
     1. One who affirms or asserts.
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     2. (Law) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  AFFIRMANT, practice. One who makes affirmation instead of making oath that
  the evidence which he is about to give shall be the truth, as if he had been
  sworn. He is liable to all the pains and penalty of perjury, if he shall be
  guilty of willfully and maliciously violating his affirmation.