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(archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

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affidavit man

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affidavit man

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(archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

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（古典的または歴史的な用語）法廷周辺にたむろし、偽りの証言を申し出る男性

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The affidavit man lingered by the courthouse steps, waiting to be hired to swear a lie.

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偽証を請け負う男は裁判所の階段のそばでたむろし、嘘の宣誓をして雇われるのを待っていた。

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(archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

We know how easy it is for Ministers to find Affidavit Men, and no Court in England could give the Gentleman any Redress, because the Search was every Night made according to the express Directions of an Act of Parliament. […] no Man could say, the Affidavit Man had taken a false Oath, when he swore he had Reason to suspect, that Seamen would be that night concealed in such a House; […]

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