Affirmation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Testimony
by a witness. See EVIDENCE and PERPETUATING TESTIMONY. Means an evidence that a competent witness under oath or affirmation gives at trial or in an affidavit or deposition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1485
Moravians
4 Wm. 4, c. 49, and 1 & 2 Vict. (English) Oaths Act, 1888), to give evidence on affirmation instead of oath.
Jurat
(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVIII., rr. 9, 13, 14; and for the form in lieu of jurat where affirmation is made, see Oaths Act, 1888, s. 4. Also an officer in the nature of an alderman sworn
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Epistrophe
A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation e g ldquoAre they Hebrews so am I Are they Israelites so am Irdquo
Perjury
5 SCC 668. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Ch 26] The offence committed when a lawful oath or affirmation (see OATHS and AFFIRATION) is administered and the witness swears or affirms falsely in a matter material to
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.
Separatists
3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 82; (English) Oaths Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46); and AFFIRMATION.
Sessions of the peace
(6) Perjury and subornation of perjury. (7) Making or suborning any other person to make a false oath, affirmation, or declaration, punishable as perjury or as a misdemeanour; (6) and (7) were repealed and re-enacted by Perjury
Swear
or declare instead of swearing, General Clauses Act, s. 62. Swear, is to make a solemn declaration or affirmation with an appeal to God or to someone or something held sacred for confirmation, Webster American Dictionary, p.
Subject
Subject (logic), that concerning which the affirmation in a proposition is made; the first word in a proposition, Mill's Logic. See PREDICATE. 1. One who
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