A complaint filed in court that is sworn to be true by the plaintiff, usually under oath or by affidavit, giving it extra evidentiary weight.

• A. Verified complaint
• B. Power of attorney
• C. Nuncupative will
• D. Augmented estate

Answer: (A)

A verified complaint is a pleading filed in court that the plaintiff signs under oath, declaring the facts alleged are true. This oath gives the document extra evidentiary weight because the facts are supportable by the plaintiff’s sworn statement, making them more credible as the case moves forward. Verification is typically attached to the complaint and can influence how the court treats the pleading, sometimes allowing those facts to be used as evidence without separate proof in early proceedings. The other terms describe different concepts: a power of attorney is a document granting someone authority to act for another, a nuncupative will is an oral will, and an augmented estate relates to calculating a spouse’s elective share in probate. None of these involve a sworn statement attached to a pleading.