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Swearing the peace
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Oath
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 … now lawful. The (English) Statutory Declarations Act, 1835, abolishes unnecessary and extra-judicial oaths, and empowers any justice of the peace, notary public, or other officer authorised to administer an oath to take voluntary declarations in the form specified
Allegiance, Oath of
must be taken by certain high officers of State, by Judges of the Supreme Court and justices of the peace on their appointment, by Members of Parliament on taking their seats, and by clergymen before their ordination. A … 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,
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Blasphemy
see Re Bowman, (1915) 2 Ch 447. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander, 6th Edn., 400. And see SWEARING. Irreverence toward God, religion, a religious icon or something else considered sacred; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Means … 10 Wm. 3, c. 32 (c. 35 in the Revised Statutes), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law (Offences against Peace, etc.), commonly called 'The Blasphemy Act,' though it is only directed against apostasy, but is cumulative upon the
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