Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
... oath in three different locations seems to be an important element in giving the oath additional solemnity . The oath of the archons was apparently sworn twice , once in the Stoa of the ... oaths extra sanctity 6.2 Oath-sacrifices.
Observations on Legal and Judicial Oaths
... Oath to Shippers ' Manifest . 3. Oath of the Refinement and Shipment of Refined Sugar . 4. Oath for the Growth , Produce , or Manufacture of the United States , returning from a foreign port . 5. Oath to Passengers ' Manifest . 6 ...
The Nature and Obligation of Oaths in the Church of Rome, Considered in a Letter to the Right. Hon. the Attorney-General, in Reference to State Prosecutions. By a Minister of the Church of England
... oath itself is inviolable - a man is not to commit perjury ; but the subject about which a man swears , is not the oath , and that may be changed in va- rious ways it might be a matter lawful , and profitable to the church , both at ...
Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New England
... Oath In Connecticut and New Haven Colonies . An Oath for Paqua ' and the Plantations there The Oath of a Freeman In New Haven Colony . Freeman's Charge Oath of Fidelity . Oath of Allegiance In Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Civil.
The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia
... oath taken by the servant of Abraham ( Genesis xxiv . 2-9 ) was completed by the servant passing his hand under Abraham's thigh , and Arabs still swear so . The oath administered to the person who erects the boundary pillars , if a ...
The civil code
South Carolina. ARTICLE I. Official Oaths and Bonds . ( 733 ) § 1. Public Officers Defined - Oath . It shall be unlawful for any person to assume the duties of any public office until he has taken the oath provided by the Constitution ...
Albany Law Journal
... oath is taken before a compe- tent recognized legal authority , it is self - evident , no offense against the law can be committed in the place where such oath was administered ; it matters not how false , how untrue the statements ...
Debates of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada ...
... oath was put to me , that I have been a resident for three months immediately preceding the date of the issue of the writ , perhaps I could take it , but a great many men would refuse to take that oath . They would not care to do it ...
The Current Index
... oath or to have the suit dismissed- Failure to take oath -- Procedure to be adopted by the Court . By an agreement between the parties to a suit , the plaintiff agreed that he should take an oath , and that , on his failure to do so ...
The Confession of Faith; the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, with the Scripture-proofs at Large: Together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge, Contained in the Holy Scriptures, and Held Forth in the Said Confession and Catechisms, and Practical Use Thereof; Covenants, National and Solemn League; Acknowledgement of Sins and Engagement to Duties; Directories for Publick and Family Worship; Form of Church Government, &c. of Publick Authority in the Church of Scotland; with Acts of Assembly and Parliament Relative To, and Approbative Of, the Same
... oath , being imposed by lawful authority , in such matters , ought to be taken.f III . Whosoever taketh on oath , ought duly to consider the weighti- ness of so solemn an act , and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully ...
Senate documents
... oath showing his authority . Q. You gave him a copy of his oath ? -A . The authority to register the names . The oath , nor the copy I gave him , nor the authority , were never recorded , neither one . Q. How does that authority , which ...
Flügel-Schmidt-Tanger Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache: Bd. Deutsch-englisch
... oath ; der Treue , oath of allegiance ; leiblicher ( od . körper- licher ) , corporal oath ; einen leisten ( schwören , od . ablegen ) , ableg to take an oath , to take one's oath ( auf , of ) , to swear ( to ) ; ich kann einen darauf ...
United Empire
... oaths . " You must dismiss from your minds the ordinary signification of the word " oath , " connected as it is with bad language . Oath here means the use of a recognised name or sentence against another person , so as to impose upon ...
Speeches and Arguments of Chief Justice Ryan While at the Bar
... oath in Heaven . In what form taken or what the oath was , we are not told . Whether he stood solemnly up before God and man and said " So help me God , I will take nothing but money ; " or whether he swore a good round oath that ...
The Rebellion of 1815, Generally Known as Slachters Nek
... oath of fidelity sworn , more particularly by the provisional Field - Cornet W. F. Krugel abovementioned , making the others repeat it with that understanding that this oath , sworn by the said W. F. Krugel , would be binding for all ...
The British Columbia Reports
... oath . There are three aspects of the case : ( 1 ) , as to what took place in the police court by way of an oath at all , i.e. , as to administering an oath ; ( 2 ) , whether the facts established are such as to constitute an oath ; and ...
The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution
... Oath BE it declared and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Said Oath in that particular onely Shall be Altered in the manner following which is likewise to be the rule in Admin istring the Said Oath to all persons by this Act ...
The Works of Aurelius Augustine: Letters. v. 1. Translated by J.G. Cunningham. 1872
... oath , swearing by their false gods , in the presence of the decurion stationed on the frontier or of the tribune , when they have come under engage- ment to carry baggage to any part , or to protect the crops from depredation ; and ...
Annals of Southwest Virginia
... oath thereto according to Law It is ordered to be certified to his Excellency the Governor Abraham Brown produced a Certificate for one thousand one hundred & fifty six pounds of Winter Rotted and haveing made oath thereto according ...
Benedictus Dominus. A Course of Meditations for Most Days of the Year
... Oath . b . God made a covenant with Abraham and sware an Oath [ with reference ] to Isaac . The living Oath should manifest itself according to the developing law of human life . c . The living Oath must rise to a personal centre of ...