Affirmation

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.

a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand

the act of affirming or asserting or stating something