por sus dichos

20:11 May 31, 2019 

In my short experiential track dealing with translations, in the last few thousand years I never experienced any single expression "standing on its own" that would actually be accurate. That's why rather than "Yo me soy el Rey Palomo, yo me lo guiso y yo me lo como", I prefer "Yo soy el plebeyo McDove, yo se lo guiso y usted se lo come..." But all joking aside, far from my intention to make such exhortations so as to breach the sacred vows of client confidentiality! Vade retro, Satana!

14:50 May 31, 2019 

No further context is needed. The expression stands on its own - I came across it often in the course of my work - and it would be misguided to exhort the asker to breach client confidentiality.

14:43 May 31, 2019 

Could you give us the whole sentence where it appears? Or some additional context?

11:20 May 31, 2019 

Thank you for your comments, they have been very helpful. This document is a contract from the 1960's in Puerto Rico. I was surprised by the way in which this was written; even though I have worked with more recent legal documents, this one has expressions I was not familiar with.

03:10 May 31, 2019 

would be "declaraciones" as Robert is saying.
E lo que los dichos testigos dijeron é depusieron cada uno por sí [***]por sus dichos[***] é depusiciones es lo siguiente:
// I.e. "statements, depositions, testimonies". It could be old like 1900s as well. But it would be good to have the whole sentence, and as much contextual data as possible... ;-)

02:24 May 31, 2019 

Sería conveniente, como referencia, indicar por lo menos el país de origen del documento.

01:07 May 31, 2019 

Robert is right. I am a lawyer and notary and have used this phrase in deeds and notarial instruments. It means that you attest to the parties occupation, place of residence, age, etc., according to what they have told you and not because you know this information or have seen proof.

I hope this helps.