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Attest means to�testify�or confirm that something is true, genuine, or authentic. Some common usages of the term �attest� in a legal sense include:�

In the context of evidence law, cases such as this one from Ohio, explain that �to �attest� means to certify to the verity of a copy of a public document formally by signature; an attested copy of a document is one which has been examined and compared with the original, with a certificate or memorandum of its correctness, signed by the persons who have examined it.�

In the context of wills, this case from North Dakota, explains that �the term �attest� means act of witnessing performance of statutory requirements as to valid execution of will and doing things that statute requires witness to do as part of attestation.�