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affiant
affiant [Middle French, from present participle of affier to pledge faith, swear, from Medieval Latin affidare, ultimately from Latin ad to + fidere to trust] : a person who swears
jury
jury pl: ju·ries [Anglo-French juree, from feminine past participle of Old French jurer to swear, from Latin jurare, from jur- jus law] : a body of individuals sworn to give a decision on
Nonjuring
Not swearing allegiance applied to the party in Great Britain that would not swear allegiance to William and Mary or
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justify
P.2d 1054 (1977)"] vi 1 : to show a legally sufficient reason for an act 2 : to swear an oath as to the ownership of sufficient property [they shall in an amount no less than $200
Allegiance, Oath of
the (English) Promissory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 72), which provides as follows: 'I, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors,
Bair-man
Bair-man, a poor insolvent debtor, left bare and naked, who was obliged to swear in court that he was not worth more than five shillings and five pence, Obsolete.
Bona patria
the county to pass upon an assize. The persons composing it are called juratores, because they are to swear judicially in the presence of the party, etc., according to the practice of Scotland, Skene.
Censure
certain manors in Devon and Corn wall, where all persons above the aged sixteen years are cited to swear fealty to the lord, and to pay 11d. per poll, and 1d. per annum ever after; these thus
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus [Lat.], to swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of Divine worship.
Justifying security
the Court of Probate to give justifying security-i.e., the sureties to the administration bond must, in an affidavit, swear that they are, after the payment of their debts, worth a sum specified. Justifying security is required by
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