Oath - Law Dictionary Search Results
Legem facere
Legem facere, to make law upon oath. See Selden's Notes on Hengham's Summ', 133.
Heralds'College, or 'College of Arms
into the state of families, and to register such marriages and descents as were verified to them upon oath, are allowed to be good evidence of pedigrees, 3 Stark. Evid. 843; Hubback on Succession, pp. 538 et
Examination
the witness, which is confined to matters arising out of the cross-examination. The questioning of a witness under oath, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 581. In relation to any goods, includes measurement and weighment thereof. [Customs
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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,
Depose
deposition. To give evidence, bear witness, or testimony; to state or affirm some matter of fact in an affidavit or deposition; also to lay down; to lodge; to degrade from a throne or High Station.
Criminal Evidence Act
and in varying phraseology, but without qualifications except that against compellability, and enabled accused persons to give evidenceon oath in their own defence. The Act of 1898, superseding [see Charnock v. Merchant, (1900) 1 QB 474] but
De bene esse
of justice [see Bidder v. Bridges, (1884) 26 Ch D 1], make any order for the examination upon oath before the Court or any officer of the Court, or any other person, and at any place, of
Deathbed or Dying Declarations
the dying person, which is considered to be as powerful over his conscience as the obligation of an oath, and partly on a supposed absence of interest in a person on the verge of the next world,
Dedimus potstatem
there cometh a writ of dedimus potestatem out of Chancery, directed to some ancient justice, to take the oath of him which is newly inserted. Formerly the judges would not suffer litigants to appoint attorneys in any
Default summons
debt incurred by him. The plaintiff can sign judgment as in (i.) unless the defendant has filed an affidavit of defence within eight days. A special default summons corresponds to the Order XIV. Procedure of the High
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