Attestation

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Will execution formalities. Standalone — reused by estate, codicils, trusts, extensions. Supports written (E&W Wills Act s.9), oral (Islamic/customary), seal-based (Japanese inkan), kinyan-based (Jewish).

attestation.json — Core Entity

Properties(10)

Property	Type	Format	Description
`date`	`string`	`date`
`witnessPersonIds`	`string[]`
`method`	`string`		(in_person, video, remote, none, kinyan_sudar, kinyan_agav, seal_based, inkan_registered)
`attestationType`	`string`		(written_signed, oral_witnessed, oral_community, seal_based)
`solicitorSupervised`	`boolean`
`testatorSignedInPresenceOfWitnesses`	`boolean`		Wills Act 1837 s.9(c).
`witnessesSignedInPresenceOfTestator`	`boolean`		Wills Act 1837 s.9(d).
`witnessConflictCheck`	`boolean`
`witnessConflictCheckScope`	`string`		(english_law, halachic_broad, shariah_standard, civil_law_standard, customary_oral, community_testimony)
`notes`	`string`

Referenced By

The following schemas reference this one:

estate

Raw JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://openinherit.org/v1/dialect.json",
  "$id": "https://openinherit.org/v1/attestation.json",
  "title": "Attestation",
  "description": "Will execution formalities. Standalone — reused by estate, codicils, trusts, extensions. Supports written (E&W Wills Act s.9), oral (Islamic/customary), seal-based (Japanese inkan), kinyan-based (Jewish).",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" },
    "witnessPersonIds": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "string", "format": "uuid" }
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["in_person", "video", "remote", "none", "kinyan_sudar", "kinyan_agav", "seal_based", "inkan_registered"]
    },
    "attestationType": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["written_signed", "oral_witnessed", "oral_community", "seal_based"]
    },
    "solicitorSupervised": { "type": "boolean" },
    "testatorSignedInPresenceOfWitnesses": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "$comment": "Wills Act 1837 s.9(c)."
    },
    "witnessesSignedInPresenceOfTestator": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "$comment": "Wills Act 1837 s.9(d)."
    },
    "witnessConflictCheck": { "type": "boolean" },
    "witnessConflictCheckScope": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["english_law", "halachic_broad", "shariah_standard", "civil_law_standard", "customary_oral", "community_testimony"]
    },
    "notes": { "type": "string" }
  },
  "patternProperties": {
    "^x-inherit-": {}
  },
  "unevaluatedProperties": false
}