Oath - Law Dictionary Search Results

Moravians

by that Act and by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 49, and 1 & 2 Vict. (English) Oaths Act, 1888), to give evidence on affirmation instead of oath.

the instrument required or not. If he does not, then, upon proving the service of the notice by affidavit, permission will be given to prove the contents of the instrument by a copy or other secondary evidence,

Privilege

when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers, who return a verdict, not upon oath, but upon honour; they have the privilege of sitting covered in courts of justice. Barristers are privileged from

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Obligation

also Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 (25 of 2005), s. 7] It binds a person by oath or contract to do or retrain from doing something. [(English) Rent Act, 1977 (C 42) s. 3(1)] In

Omne sacramentum debet esse de certa scientia

Omne sacramentum debet esse de certa scientia [Lat.], every oath ought to be of certain knowledge

Ordinum fugitivi

religious who deserted their houses, and, throwing off the habits, renounced their particular order in contempt of their oath and other obligations, Par. Antiq. 388.

Paragraph

Paragraph, a part or section of a statute, pleading, affidavit, etc., which contains one article, the sense of which is complete. Modern deeds and wills are frequently drawn

Parentela

ancient custom, done in open Court, before the judge, and in the presence of twelve men, who made oath that they believed it was done for a just cause. We read of it in the laws of

Payment of Money into Court

Act, 1925, and (English) R.S.C., Ord. LIVB. The trustee lodges the money or funds in court on an affidavit in a specified form containing (inter alia) a description of the trust and the names of the persons

Peace, Clerk of the

Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 45), and the earlier Act also provides the form of oath not to pay for his appointment.

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