§1‑148. Verification before what officer.
Any officer competent to takethe acknowledgment of deeds, and any judge or clerk of the General Court ofJustice, notary public, in or out of the State, or magistrate, is competent totake affidavits for the verification of pleadings, in any court or county inthe State, and for general purposes. (C.C.P., s. 117; 1868‑9,c. 159, s. 7; Code, s. 258; 1891, c. 140; Rev., s. 492; C.S., s. 532; 1971, c.268, s. 5.)