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Corsned bread

to purge themselves of any accusation, by taking a piece of barley bread and eating it with solemn oaths, curses, and excrations, that it might prove poison, or their last morsel, if what they asserted , or

Consul

also Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and subsequent years; Air Force and Army Acts, as to enlistment. Administration of Oaths and Notaries Acts (English) under 52 & 53 Vict. c.10, and 54 & 55 Vict. c. 50; various

Clerical subscription

for an attempt to define 'lawful authority,' see Lely on the Church of England Position, at p. 138. Oaths of allegiance and of canonical obedience to the bishop have also to be taken.

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Atheism

Atheism, disbelief in a God. See OATHS.

Assart, or Essart

formerly used in Wales, by which an accused party cleared or purged himself of the accusation by the oaths of 300 men. Abolished by 1 Hen. 5, c. 6, Spelman

Assach, or Assath

formerly used in Wales, by which an accused party cleared or purged himself of the accusation by the oaths of 300 men. Abolished by 1 Hen. 5, c. 6, Spelman

VerbarRaskolnik

as follows I ldquoMost obnoxiousrdquo the Judaizers the Molokane who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths the Dukhobortsy or Dukhobors who are communistic marry without ceremony and believe that Christ was human but that

Ods

A corruption of Gods formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases

Extrajudicial

of a court or judge beyond jurisdiction not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding as extrajudicial oaths judgments etc are null and void

justice of the peace

justice of the peace :a local judicial official who is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may have additional judicial powers (as to issue summonses)

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