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Having been nominated

Having been nominated, oath or affirmation cannot be taken or made by a candidate before he has been nominated as a candidate, Pashupati Nath

affidavit

perfect of affidare see affiant ] : a sworn statement in writing made esp. under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer compare deposition, examination

false swearing

false swearing : the making of false statements under oath or affirmation in a setting other than a judicial proceeding ;also : the crime of false swearing compare perjury

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out-of-court

out-of-court 1 : not made under oath or affirmation as part of a judicial proceeding (as a trial or deposition) [an statement] 2 : not made or

perjury

of knowingly making a false statement (as about a material matter) while under oath or bound by an affirmation or other officially prescribed declaration that what one says, writes, or claims is true compare false swearing

testify

testify -fied -fy·ing [Latin testificari, from testis witness] vi : to make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation for the purpose of establishing a fact : give testimony vt : to declare in testimony tes·ti·fi·er n

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

Belief

Assent to a proposition or affirmation or the acceptance of a fact opinion or assertion as real or true without immediate personal knowledge reliance

Deposition

other person under R. S.C. Ord. XXXVII., R. 5, is also called a deposition. Deposition, includes any affidavit, affirmation or statement mode upon oath, Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 95(5) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para

Enantiosis

A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively and the contrary affirmation by contraries

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