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prosecutor

prosecutor 1 : a person who institutes a prosecution (as by making an affidavit or complaint charging the defendant) 2 : a government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant

Juratory

Relating to or comprising an oath as juratory caution

Conjuration

of calling or summoning by a sacred name or in solemn manner the act of binding by an oath an earnest entreaty adjuration

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Nonjuror

One of those adherents of James II who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary or to their successors after the revolution of 1688 a Jacobite

Bill of sale

have been filed in the Court of Queen's Bench within 21 days after its execution, together with an affidavit of the time of the bill of sale being given, and a description of the residence and occupation

Argumentative

be struck out or amended, and by R. S. C. Ord. XXXVIII., r. 3, the costs of an affidavit unnecessarily setting forth argumentative matter must be paid by the party filing the same.

Arrest

meeting of the House. A member of House of Commons is entitled to this privilege even before taking oath. Peers are privileged from arrest in civil cases at all times, Parliamentary Practice by Erskine May, 22nd Edn.,

Articles of religion

(17 & 18 Vict. c. 81), ss. 43, 44, has rendered unnecessary subscription to these Articles, or any oath, on matriculating or on taking a degree in the University of Oxford; and the Cambridge University Act, 1856

Assessment Committee

QB 433; R. v. Essex Justices, (1902) 1 KB 180. The committee has no power to administer an oath or to order costs. An appeal lies from the committee to the local Quarter Sessions, Imperial and Grand

Athe, Atha, or Ath

Athe, Atha, or Ath [Sax.], an oath, Bl. Cowel

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