affidavit man

Definition

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

Example Sentences

• "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; […]"