20131125 TZCA Arusha
The requirement to indicate the name of the attesting officer in the jurat is good law; affidavits lacking this are defective, making the application incompetent and subject to being struck out.
- Citation
- 20131125 TZCA Arusha
- Parties
- Applicant: Sharifa Ahmed Kaidi; Respondent: Margreth Masao
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 25 November 2013
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objection
- Outcome
- Application struck out with costs
- Legal Topics
- Affidavit Defects, Jurat of Attestation, Striking Out Applications
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Sharifa Ahmed Kaidi
Applicant
Margreth Masao
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Application / Ruling on Preliminary Objection
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether omission of the attesting officer's name in the jurat renders the affidavit defective and the application incompetent
Ratio Decidendi
The requirement to indicate the name of the attesting officer in the jurat is good law; affidavits lacking this are defective, making the application incompetent and subject to being struck out.
Court Disposition
Application struck out with costs
Orders
- Application struck out with costs
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