attestation clause

A short form usually only includes the venue, date, and attestation clause.

Many states allow attestation clauses to be added as codicils to wills that were originally drafted without them.

This attestation clause is modeled on the Model Probate Code's version.

A typical attestation clause reads:

The validity and form of an attestation clause is usually a matter of U.S. state law, and will vary from state to state.

The men signed an attestation clause verifying that they believed Wheatley had written the poems herself, as claimed by her owner, John Wheatley.

Attestation clauses were introduced into probate law with the promulgation of the first version of the Model Probate Code in the 1940s.

For joint buyers there's an official form of transfer (Form 19(JP)), having attestation clauses for sellers and buyers.

For example, in most common law jurisdictions, two or three witnesses must sign their names to the Will at the attestation clause below the testimonium clause that is executed by the testator.

In the statutory law of wills and trusts, an attestation clause is a clause that is typically appended to a will, often just below the place of the testator's signature.

I don't want you to seem to be paying any great attention to what I'm doing, but look over my shoulder, particularly at the attestation clause and the witness clause and see if that really is your signature."

The attestation clause of a will is where the witnesses to a will attest to certain facts concerning the making of the will by the testator, and where they sign their names as witnesses.