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Swear

Swear, includes affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing, General

Witness

cause. 1. One who sees, knows, or vouches for something 2. One who gives testimony, under oath or affirmation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1596. A witness must attend in court according to the requirement of

Judgment

1963 SC 1484: (1963) Supp 1 SCR 871. [Income Tax Act, 1922, s. 66(5)] A judgment is an affirmation of a relation between a particular predicate and a particular subject. So, in law, it is the affirmation

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Right to begin

Right to begin. If the affirmative of the issue is on the plaintiff, he, in general, has a right to begin. If in replevin

Quaker

Christian principles. Men and women alike share in the ministry and government of the religious body. As to affirmations by Quakers instead of oaths, see AFFIRMATION. As to their marriages, see MARRI-AGE.

Misconduct in office

holder had no right to perform, acts performed improperly and failure to act in the face of an affirmative duty to act, Chairman & M.D. Bharat Petrol Corporation Ltd. v. T.K. Raju, (2006) 3 SCC 143: (2006)

Goodwill

the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that every affirmative advantage as contrasted with negative advantage that has been acquired in carrying on the business whether connected with

testimony

testimony pl: -nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness] : evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony : testimony that a witness gives at

Judicial oath

by the judges of the Supreme Court, and by justices of the peace for counties and boroughs. An affirmation may be substituted by every person for the time being by law permitted to make affirmation instead of

Predicable

Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something affirmable attributable

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