ATTESTING WITNESS
\ɐtˈɛstɪŋ wˈɪtnəs], \ɐtˈɛstɪŋ wˈɪtnəs], \ɐ_t_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_ŋ w_ˈɪ_t_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of ATTESTING WITNESS
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One who signs his name to an instrument, at the request of the party or parties, for the purpose of proving and identifying it. Skinner v. Bible Soc., 92 Wis. 209, Oo N. W. 1037.
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the person who signs his name on a document tat the maker or maker's request and certifies its identity and existence.
By Henry Campbell Black
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One who, upon being required by the parties to an instrument, signs his name to it to prove it, and for the purpose of identification.
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The witness must be desired by the parties to attest it, for unless this be done, he will not be an attesting witness, although he may have seen the parties execute it. 3 Campb. 232. See Competent witness; Credible witness; Disinterested witness; Respectable witness; Subscribing witness; and Witness; Witness instrumentary; 5 Watts, 399; 3 Bin. 194.
By John Bouvier
