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Justices

clause. A justice named in the commission is not at liberty to act until he has taken the oath of allegiance and judicial oath in the form respectively prescribed by the (English) Pro-missory Oaths Act, 1868 (31

Legem habere

Legem habere, to be capable of giving evidence upon oath. See OATH.

Post entry

for customs than the goods really landed amount to, the land-waiter and surveyor must signify the same upon oath, and a statement be made and subscribed by the person so over-entered, that neither he, nor any other

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Purgation

the canon law, the form whereof, used in the spiritual court, was that the person suspected took his oath that he was clear of the fact objected against him, and brought this honest neighbours with him to

Judicial proceeding

'Judicial proceeding' includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath, Suraj Mall Mohta and Co. v. A.V. Vishwanatha Sastri, AIR 1954 SC 545. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem, justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato, justitia et judicium in judice

veritatem, justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato, justitia et judicium in judice (3 Inst. 160), an oath has in it three component parts - truth, justice, and judgment: truth is requisite in the party swearing,

Subscribed

Subscribed, the words subscribed means an oath repeated orally, reduced the same to writing and signed by the person taking the oath of his adhesion

Super-jurare

Super-jurare, a term anciently used when a criminal endeavoured to excuse himself by his own oath, or the oath of one or two witnesses, and the crime objected against him was so plain and

Testimony

given; proof 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

Verify

true, to confirm or establish the truth or truthfulness of; to authentically 2. To confirm or substantiate by oath or affidavit; to swear to the truth of, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Means to ascertain, to confirm,

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