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    as oaths. "To swear" is a verb used to describe the taking of an oath; to make a solemn vow. The word comes from Anglo-Saxon āþ: "judicial swearing, solemn...
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  • presidential oath requires much more than that general oath of allegiance and fidelity. This clause enjoins the new president to swear or affirm: "I...
    53 KB (3,789 words) - 19:05, 20 November 2024
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    the oath has repeated the swearing of allegiance to the Sovereign, although this is not required. The current Oath of Office is: I, (name), do swear that...
    180 KB (23,972 words) - 15:13, 28 October 2024
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    soldiers to swear loyalty to the Reich Constitution and its lawful institutions. Following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in 1933, the military oath changed...
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    solemn affirmation instead of swearing an oath. The Victorian promissory oaths of allegiances, are set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c...
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  • swear or swearing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swear or Swearing may refer to: Making an oath, also known as swearing an oath Profanity "Swear"...
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    form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical standards. The oath is the earliest expression of medical...
    36 KB (3,769 words) - 16:48, 25 October 2024
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    required their members to swear oaths to Adolf Hitler by name, rather than to the German state or an officeholder. Such oaths were intended to increase...
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  • swear with affirm and to omit the phrase so help me God. The oath taker is also given the option of either swearing on a holy book or not. The oath for...
    62 KB (6,417 words) - 18:37, 30 October 2024
  • uniformed services of the United States swear or affirm an oath of office upon commissioning. It differs from that of the oath of enlistment that enlisted members...
    8 KB (1,042 words) - 15:01, 24 October 2024
  • Constitution and the wording of the oath and affirmation are set out in the Schedule to the Constitution. The oath is: I, A.B., do swear that I will be faithful and...
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  • Perjury (redirect from False swearer)
    act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official...
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    expulsion of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was to bring the people to swear an oath never to allow any man again to be king in Rome. Omnium primum avidum...
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  • to swear before taking their seats in Dáil Éireann (Chamber of Deputies) and Seanad Éireann (Irish Senate) before the Constitution (Removal of Oath) Act...
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    An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges a duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to a monarch or a country. In modern...
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  • promises but forbid them to swear an oath before a deity. Additionally, an individual may decline to take a religious oath due to their personal beliefs...
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    Oprichnik (section Oath)
    needed] Upon acceptance, the new Oprichniki were required to swear an oath of allegiance: I swear to be true to the Lord, Grand Prince, and his realm, to the...
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  • A juror's oath is used to swear in jurors at the beginning of jury selection or trial. In a New South Wales juror's oath, the juror promises to "...well...
    10 KB (1,365 words) - 15:49, 20 September 2024
  • the option to swear a pauper's oath to file a lawsuit without paying filing fees. Prisoners filing legal actions often use a pauper's oath because persons...
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  • In ancient Roman religion and law, the sacramentum was an oath or vow that rendered the swearer sacer, "given to the gods," in the negative sense if he...
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