Lingopro May 13, 2010:

I think it is "Witnessed by" or "In witness thereof". Often, legal lingo seems to tangle up simple stuff...
I happen to have such a witnessed document (2 witnesses, each signed in the presence of the other + a third person, and it says העדים on one page with signatures and their information, and then on another page it says: הצהרת העדים and again all their details. So I would tend to think what you have is simply an alteration with "added personal style" of the original author. Possible?

Gad Kohenov (asker) May 13, 2010:

There are details such as the witnesses' I.D. numb and other details: they signed each in the presence of the other and both in the presence of the person writing their will. A brief statment of a few lines.

Lingopro May 13, 2010:

Does it say anything else? after אישור עדים is there a brief statement or just signatures?