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Swear, includes affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing, General Clauses Act, s. 62.Swear, is to make a solemn declaration or affirmation with an appeal to God or to someone or something held sacred for confirmation, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1472.Means to put on oath, to administer an oath to, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 971.Swear, to put on oath, to administer an oath to. See OATH.With its grammatical variations and cognate expres-sions, shall include affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(62)]...
false swearing
false swearing : the making of false statements under oath or affirmation in a setting other than a judicial proceeding ;also : the crime of false swearing compare perjury ...
swear
swear swore sworn swear·ing [Old English swerian] vt 1 : to utter or take solemnly [ an oath] 2 a : to assert as true or promise under oath [a sworn affidavit] b : to assert or promise emphatically or earnestly [swore to uphold the constitution] 3 a : to put to an oath b : to bind by an oath vi : to take an oath ...
Profane swearing
Profane swearing. See SWEARING....
swear in
swear in : to induct into office by administration of an oath ...
swear out
swear out : to procure (a warrant) by making a sworn statement ;also : to make (a sworn affidavit) to procure a warrant ...
False swearing
False swearing. See PERJURY....
Swearing the peace
Swearing the peace, showing to a judge that one has just cause to be afraid of another in consequence of his menaces, in ordr to get him bound to keep the peace....
Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists.The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger of falsehood, have always been admitted to give evidence, but the old rule was, that all witnesses must take an oath of some kind. Very gradually, however, the legislature has relaxed this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which--Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either that he has no religious belief, or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief, shall be permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath in all places and for all purpose...
Affidavit
Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath.By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence is, as a rule, to be given viva voce; but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness may be read at the hearing or trial on such conditions as are thought reasonable; provided that no such order be made where a witness can be produced and is bona fide required for cross-examination (R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., r. 1). A new Procedure is provided for by R. S. C., Ord. XXXVIII. A., r. 8 J. affidavits must be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.As to time for fil...
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