| When a citizen joins the military, he or she takes an oath to protect and defend the country. |
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| We will take her testimony under oath in a deposition and they'll probably take Michael's deposition and in a few months we'll go to trial. |
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| For years we had people utter a religious oath, even when many of them were atheists or agnostics. |
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| In 1534 they all swore an oath of poverty, chastity and obedience to the pope. |
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| The oath that voters are required to sign is enough to ensure against fraudulent voting. |
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| The Constitutions of Clarendon expressly forbade any oath about future conduct being required from an excommunicate. |
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| The new society soon forgot the meaning of the execratory oath that the members were obliged to take at their initiation. |
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| Before beginning his training, however, it was common for this student to be required to sign an oath of allegiance to the ryu. |
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| The plaintiff testified under oath and a number of documents were marked as exhibits. |
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| This repetition of the oath in the editorial apparatus suggests a critical dis-ease with the play's most embodied speech-act. |
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| So, he decided to require each European lord to take an oath of liege homage to him upon their arrival. |
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| Putting witnesses under oath induces them to weigh every word with lawyerly care rather than freely volunteer information. |
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| And yet these medical fraudsters have deep pockets, and so he is lawyering against a government that he belongs to, and took an oath to uphold. |
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| But such official positions would require taking an oath on the republican constitution. |
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| He took an oath to absolutely entirely renounce all allegiance to a foreign power. |
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| The man glanced over at him, then recoiled with an oath, almost tipping over his tankard of beer. |
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| She said it was regrettable that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court. |
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| Shouts came as a Kurd legislator demanded the oath be read not only in Arabic but in Kurdish, as well. |
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| The gods of Olympus know this sort of binding oath between them, which calls the infernal rivers to witness. |
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| Within a few months of his swearing the oath that he was to break in so many ways, the President receded from both these pledges. |
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| The fact that he recanted in time to not lie under oath should, in fact, have reflected well on him. |
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| He has said on oath in front of me that his present activities are devoted to restoring this land to agricultural use. |
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| You took an oath to defend the nation, and you kept that oath overseas and under fire. |
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| Even as she said it, she knew that she could not guarantee herself that she would keep that oath. |
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| They benefited from the Toleration Act of 1689 and in 1696 were allowed to affirm rather than take an oath. |
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| As a retired military officer, Don was able to actually administer the oath of enlistment to his son, which must have been a proud moment. |
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| Before administering the oath of an attorney, Judge Hilberman reminded me of four important values we should strive to uphold as attorneys. |
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| Once upon a time making an oath meant that we acknowledged a higher power was witnessing our statement, and stood ready to call us to account. |
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| I would have no qualms about people having to take an oath of allegiance on entering the country. |
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| They do not carry membership cards, they have not taken any oath of allegiance. |
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| As all of us know, each of these leaders takes the oath to SERVE the nation accountably. |
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| When he had taken his oath of allegiance to become a citizen, it was a solemn and eternal vow to him, equal in weight to his marriage vow. |
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| He understood the practice of European vassalage and the importance attached to an oath taken to an lord. |
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| There was even a provision requiring new nationals to swear an oath of loyalty to the Republic. |
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| The law prescribes that the valuator takes an oath of office before commencing with the valuations, he said. |
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| Before I could finish casting unwarranted aspersions on all fourteen of my fellow jurors, I was distracted by the actual oath. |
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| They will also have to sign a citizenship pledge as part of an oath of allegiance to the Queen and take part in US-style citizenship ceremonies. |
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| To suggest that I did not administer an oath to these witnesses to help them lie to members of Congress is false, inexcusable. |
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| Another woman reporter made a solemn oath to bring her husband and 13-month-old baby to the park next year. |
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| Let's all make a solemn oath to never again bring up how the drivers would have finished under the old points system. |
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| He saw a single tear fall from her cheek, and watched her make that solemn oath to herself. |
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| The officer who was going to witness the oath for me asked me if I was going to omit the line and when I said yes he refused to do it. |
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| Jurors take an oath to try the defendant on the evidence and to give true verdicts. |
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| And under the juror oath to tell the truth about prior arrests, he also seemed to have an agenda. |
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| Sperry and a number of others to their case to the appellate court and eventually the courts proclaimed the oath to be unconstitutional. |
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| Other than the preliminary vetting by the trial judge, there is a challenge for cause, peremptory challenges and the oath of the juror. |
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| One of the sisters, Brenda, sobbed as she took the oath before giving evidence and when asked how close she was to her. |
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| Carr entered the witness box and swore an oath before the court, then gave some preliminary details about herself. |
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| Democrats and Republicans are on different sides of the aisle, but we have a shared oath and a solemn obligation to serve our country together. |
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| I had made a promise, a solemn oath, to be with him for the rest of my days, and to the oath I would keep. |
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| The system can require an oath in criminal court and enforce penalties for perjury. |
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| Viro cursed and oath and grabbed at the man's cheek and chest, but he had passed into oblivion. |
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| The thrall muttered an oath under her breath and summoned forth a blast of flame. |
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| Bahzell lowered his sword slowly and muttered an oath as he surveyed the carnage. |
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| Bolingbroke gives his solemn oath that he has come not to usurp the throne but simply to reclaim his rightful goods and title. |
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| Chad could hear a muttered oath and then footsteps, padding toward the entrance of the house. |
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| I was persuasive with the governor and he swore a solemn oath to me that you would come to no harm from this. |
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| If Gannon sues, that means he gets to testify under oath and be deposed under oath. |
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| It would be more far-reaching than the original investigation because it would place bosses under oath to tell the truth. |
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| For centuries now, we have had experience with people who come to court to testify, and they take the familiar solemn oath. |
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| Each individual undergoing treatment takes a solemn oath to change their behavior. |
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| I'd like to see some sworn testimony under oath in the suppression hearing. |
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| He made dry asides to reporters at City Hall events, and freely distributed his pager number immediately after taking the oath. |
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| These persons have indicated they are willing to swear under oath in front of Congress that they are telling the truth. |
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| The existing oath of allegiance for people seeking British nationality is to be changed to a citizenship pledge. |
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| Third, both the oath and the mandate are handicapped by a constricted vision. |
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| On August 1, 1291, three Alpine cantons swore the oath of confederation, an act that later came to be regarded as the foundation of Switzerland. |
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| The first part of the text is confused, but we are told that the powerful oath was entrusted to the archangel Michael. |
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| He had to swear an oath to the baron, duke or earl, collect taxes when told to do so and provide soldiers from his land when they were needed. |
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| The career diplomat made a brief and humble statement before taking the oath of office. |
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| Well, you see, the lords and barons swore their oath to make the king sign the Magna Carta at Bury St Edmunds. |
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| The next bouleversement, which brought in William and Mary, declared that Charles II's oath against taking up arms was no longer necessary. |
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| The former poll tax protester, who took his oath of office with a raised fist, yesterday said the party would now go from strength to strength. |
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| It is hard to dismiss the image of him at the opening of the parliament last May taking the oath with his fist clenched, a study in defiance. |
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| I checked on this and learned the basic principles of the oath taken by police officers in Japan and America are about the same. |
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| It is embodied in the Hippocratic oath and in the ethical codes of virtually all health-related professions. |
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| Prisoners, guards, prison administrators and many others were called to testify under oath in exhaustive hearings. |
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| Oh, and the beauty is that according to the Hippocratic oath I should've left you the samples alone and let myself die. |
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| You have made an oath and a pledge that you will be a faithful, true and loyal citizen of the United Kingdom. |
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| It is perhaps a strange quirk of the Hippocratic oath that doctors can judge what is in our best interests. |
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| When a person enters the army, they have to swear an oath, and they should fulfil their obligation. |
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| Under oath Peter could not deny that this was how she was employed by the mill. |
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| Among them the fact that it was the judge and jury who swore an oath to render a true and just decision. |
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| The Acadians objected that if they took an oath of allegiance to King George, France would incite their Mi'kmaq allies to attack them. |
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| I did not see any reference to the oath of allegiance which servicemen and women take. |
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| That duty falls to us, the citizens, by the oath we have sworn, to uphold the principles of democracy and good government. |
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| To start the renunciation procedure, you have to be outside of the United States and swear your oath of renunciation to a U.S. consular officer. |
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| Once there, frightened of Injun Joe, they decided to swear an oath that they won't tell anyone what they just witnessed. |
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| They will swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen, and pledge to respect the UK's laws, rights and freedoms. |
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| Empanelling a grand jury empowers prosecutors both to serve subpoenas, and to gather testimony under oath. |
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| They took an oath to preserve the secrecy of everything to do with the election. |
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| Before he had even taken the oath of office, several Southern states had seceded. |
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| He did not even insist that patentees take the required oath that their application was original. |
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| Three judges found that the detectives repeatedly lied under oath and the court found that they had perjured themselves. |
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| The active duty officer has a solemn professional responsibility based on his oath of office and commission for the official tasks he undertakes. |
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| Nearly helpless, Harold was forced to swear an oath of fealty to William and to swear further that he would advocate William's cause in England. |
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| The president's woes began virtually the moment he took the oath of office for a second term. |
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| Most of the conspirators were in this country before he took the oath of office. |
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| He poured a tankard of beer, and placed it between the acrobat's feet, eliciting an oath as he deliberately spilt some over his crotch. |
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| They saw magazine executives under oath in a celebrity trial copping to fraudulent circulation figures. |
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| Even before the oath of 1790 further irreparable losses had been sustained, not all of them material. |
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| He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. |
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| So we have to say something as we stand up there and pledge under oath to love each other forever. |
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| Despite this, Ford officials denied under oath having crash-tested the Pinto. |
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| All participants later took an oath to strive for the development of the Tamil language. |
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| He never betrayed the solemn fraternal oath he and his brothers swore before their mother Sheikha Salaama not to murder each other. |
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| Giving evidence under oath from the witness box, Hunt said that he had been frightened of needles since childhood. |
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| The journalist is also in breach of an oath of attestation that he made in becoming a police constable. |
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| The mere hint of evasion or deceptiveness under oath was just too much for him to handle. |
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| He orders the witch to repel the charge of sorcery by the oath of sixteen women, so these jurywomen must have been often exposed to peremptory challenges. |
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| Today both Michel and Smith were quizzed under oath by counsel to the Leveson Inquiry, Robert Jay. |
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| And it is time for him to stop sputtering ill-tempered threats, not only at the judiciary but also at the U.S. Constitution, which he repeatedly has sworn an oath to uphold. |
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| Participants will deliver an oath of allegiance to the Queen and a pledge of commitment to the United Kingdom, in what is now a compulsory part of the naturalisation process. |
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| Pratt took the oath for the last time at the coroner's court in Castle Street, before heading off to pursue his interest in steam locomotives, gardening and travelling. |
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| Practically, to prohibit the taking of an oath by an interstate court would have the effect of preventing an interstate court sitting and the prohibition can be more express. |
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| Nikolas broke the kiss and muttered an oath under his breath. |
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| The oath itself is curse enough, being four pages in length. |
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| He has also testified in a Canadian court under oath to tell the truth. |
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| I also believe that it would be very hard for doctors who swear under oath when they join the profession to preserve life to all reasonable measures. |
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| When it came to the defence case the appellant was simply called and asked to confirm on oath that the statement under caution she had made to the police was true. |
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| We have a case in Arkansas decided this spring of this year where a lawyer lied to a federal judge under oath in open court and was only suspended and not disbarred. |
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| If you will subscribe the oath then I will attest your signature. |
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| Have the Hippocratic oath or the Ten Commandments been validated? |
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| I never expected to be treated like this and I just think that a doctor who takes the Hippocratic oath has to act in his patients' best interests. |
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| The very Hippocratic oath contains a clause speaking out against abortion. |
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| The oath sworn by new citizens remains the source of some bitterness among traditionalists north of the Border, who claim it ignores Scotland's unique history. |
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| And if my democratically-elected MP fails to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen, why will they be barred from entering Parliament to represent me? |
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| Radical plans to require immigrants to swear an oath of allegiance to Britain were yesterday unveiled by the inquiry into the summer riots in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley. |
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| That decision caused uproar as the MPs refuse to swear the oath of allegiance to the queen, meaning they cannot take their seats, speak in debates or vote. |
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| They swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. |
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| Anybody who wants to considered a freeman must swear an oath of loyalty. |
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| Many have pointed out the absurdity of asking new citizens to swear an oath to the Queen, when a large number of citizens born here would probably refuse to do the same. |
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| The prisoner gave evidence on oath to the effect that she was confined before she expected to be, and was unconscious for two hours immediately after her delivery. |
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| His pluralist career was eventually brought to an end in 1560 when he was deprived of all his benefices for failing to take the oath of supremacy. |
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| A handful had remained loyal to their oath as doctors or to their basic sense of decency and had refused to carry out instructions, citing valid excuses or flimsy pretexts. |
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| If I transgress this oath and forswear myself, may I be forced to live with arts graduates and become an expert on the theoretical control of space and time. |
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| April suddenly felt her desire to fulfill her oath to Zoe redouble. |
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| No, I take my oath that the thing that gravelled him most, to start with, was not this, but the price he had fetched! He couldn't seem to get over that seven dollars. |
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| The juries under the Grand Assize replied under oath to inquiries by the sheriff or the justices on questions relating to right to land or questions of disseisin of land. |
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| An execratory oath is that by which a man, in order to obtain faith in what he says, calls down some evil upon himself or others belonging to him. |
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| Disappointed in this, they turned in 1650 to Charles II, who signed the Covenant, but then abjured it at his RESTORATION, condemning it as an unlawful oath. |
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| France did not recognize the oath and continued to regard the Acadians as French subjects, and Acadian relations with the Mi'kmaqs remained friendly. |
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| Barrow had taken an oath to study divinity when he was admitted as a fellow, and, after briefly studying medicine, he began studying divinity again. |
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| The constant rotation of junior personnel through the ranks makes this unlikely, as does the oath of office sworn to by every soldier and officer. |
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| Perhaps we might also ask whether he will take an oath or make an affirmation in respect of those matters of fact which he is going to put before us. |
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| Are you prepared to take the oath, or will you make an affirmation? |
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| At the Ancient Olympics, contestants were obliged to swear an oath on a slice of boar's meat that they had not employed magic to enhance their performances. |
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| What hidden motivations are there in an oath that states that our judges will pledge themselves to act fairly and impartially, without fear or favour, affection, or ill will? |
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| When a person is physically unable to sign his or her name on the voter registration form, he or she may mark an X or take an oath swearing to the statement on the form. |
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| Wearing a black lambskin hat and traditional striped silk coat over his shoulders, Mr. Karzai took his oath before the aging former king, Zaher Shah. |
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| It has been suggested that an oath of non-membership in the past can be as strong a deterrent to future membership and activity as any old-fashioned yellow dog contract. |
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| The number of people the oath will directly affect is small, and it is in many ways a rather technical and semantic matter. |
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| Elizabeth's oath of allegiance in 1559 required the specific repudiation of any jurisdiction by any foreign prince, person, prelate, or potentate. |
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| Repeating an embellished story before a grand jury while under oath is an entirely different matter. |
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| He also made them take an oath of loyalty, their right hands extended. |
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| One by one, they then filed up to a Book of the Gospels, placed their right hands on it and pronounced a second oath to keep their sessions secret. |
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| Because they had sworn an oath to their lord, it was taken for granted that they had sworn a similar oath to the duke, earl or baron who owned that lord's property. |
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| Abrams was finally run to earth in 1991, pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of lying to Congress under oath, in order to avoid felony charges. |
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| Resigned to his status as a lowly hospital attendant at the Whitestone Sanitarium, Jerome dreams of the day he can once again ply the Hippocratic oath. |
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| And Detective Coyle said it the best the other day in court, under oath, he was pretty sagacious, when he said the only one I can eliminate is himself. |
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| The six have been charged with sedition and taking an illegal oath to commit a capital offence, and, if found guilty, could face life imprisonment. |
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| The SEC, to its credit, sensed only bull, and by 2006 it had evidence of Madoff ladling it out under oath. |
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| From the syntax, it's a separate item, as if the requirement for the loyalty oath is law. |
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| Both lord and vassal were bound by honor to abide by the oath of loyalty. |
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| They pointed out as they had done before, that if they took the oath, Abbe LeLoutre would incite the Mi'kmaq to attack them, and the British could not protect them. |
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| The church was further bolstered in 1563 when another Act of Uniformity made refusal to take the oath, or the defence of papal authority, a treasonable offence. |
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| The Bill of Rights of 1689 established that only a Protestant could become king and a new coronation oath required the monarch to uphold Protestantism. |
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| The same may be said of priests and deacons who uncanonically leave the jurisdiction of their bishop to whom they are bound by their priestly oath of allegiance. |
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| Every man who strives to become a burgess of this town shall first be examined under oath upon a Book that he is no bondman, but free-born and of free status. |
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| Pehlya clasped a hand over her mouth to hold back a very unmaidenly oath. |
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| She's as aware as anyone that the lusty thoughts she inspires are the foundation of her celebrity, yet she's sworn an oath never to show her naughty bits in movies. |
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| The document has not been cast as a statement under oath or as a solemn affirmation or made in a similar manner as to bind the conscience of the author of the document. |
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| The solemn pledge taken included an oath swearing to quit the drug habit and to avoid association with former friends and others still involved with drugs. |
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| Oaths may also be confused with vows, but vows are really just a special kind of an oath. |
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| A record was kept of those who took the oath and they were issued a certificate for safety from arrest. |
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| Failure to take the oath meant possible imprisonment, denial of civil liberties, banishment and in some instances, death. |
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| The inaugural oath is specified to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. |
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| The attorney submits an application, pays a fee, and takes the oath of admission. |
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| There is also the ability of one to make an under oath statement during the pretrial, also known as a deposition. |
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| Called juries of presentment, these men testified under oath to crimes committed in their neighbourhood. |
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| The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state loyalty oath legislation violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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| Gladstone, on the status of the parliamentary oath in the wake of the Bradlaugh case. |
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| Variants of the basic oath of allegiance are also incorporated into a number of other oaths taken by certain individuals. |
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| This oath to the Queen, her heirs, and successors is now administered in citizen ceremonies to immigrants becoming naturalized British subjects. |
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| Elizabeth I introduced an Act of Supremacy in 1563 requiring an oath to be taken by all future Members of the House of Commons. |
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| This oath required recognition of James I as lawful King and renunciation of the Pope. |
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| It extended substantially the old oaths, and added an oath of abjuration of the Pretender's title. |
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| This oath pledged support for the Hanoverian succession and for the exclusion of the Stuarts. |
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| Finally, in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 a further curtailment to the oath was made, thereby establishing the form of the oath still used today. |
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| Until the oath or affirmation is taken, an MP may not receive a salary, take their seat, speak in debates or vote. |
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| The Principal Clerk of the Table Office at the despatch box offers a choice of affirmation or oath cards to read. |
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| Any remaining MPs or Members of the Lords can take the oath at later sittings. |
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| Section 20 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 requires members of the National Assembly for Wales to take the oath of allegiance. |
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| The most prominent resisters included John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More, both of whom refused to take the oath to the King. |
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| At Christmas, Henry Tudor swore an oath to marry Edward IV's daughter, Elizabeth of York, to unite the warring houses of York and Lancaster. |
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| There have been several private Member's bills in recent years concerning the parliamentary oath. |
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| Republicans have expressed opposition to a compulsory oath made to an unelected monarch. |
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| Before 1997, MPs who did not take the oath, whilst unable to receive their salary, were entitled to the other facilities of the House. |
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| An ancient sycamore tree on the village green, known as the Martyrs' Tree, is said to be the place where the Martyrs swore their oath. |
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| The newest member would be blindfolded and made to swear a secret oath of allegiance. |
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| The record would be verified by the testimony of at least two of the proprietors on oath. |
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| These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath. |
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| Like an oath of allegiance to country or Constitution, one assumes. |
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| Remember old years and do not break your oath with me, Jehane, since God abhors nothing so much as unfaith. |
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| Taking oath under PCO is tantamount to perform wuzu with impure water while taking oath under pure water amounts to perform wuzu with pure water. |
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| Descriptive accounts include those of chroniclers who wrote about the size of armies, victims of war or famine, participants in an oath. |
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| Richard swore an oath to renounce his past wickedness in order to show himself worthy to take the cross. |
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| That is, he would take an oath that he is not indebted, and he would bring into court eleven compurgators. |
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| Subsequently, the question was again raised of Henry's oath to cede Anjou to his brother Geoffrey. |
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| There he was received as king in return for his oath that he would continue the laws of Cnut. |
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| Interestingly, oath breaking and the absence of just judgements for ordinary people were mentioned a number of times. |
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| Even though they took the military oath and were among the lower ranks it did not mean they would be fighting among the masses. |
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| Just like everyone else they would take the military oath and be bound by the military law. |
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| After the error of the Anabaptists has been reprehended, we turn to strip away the abuse of the oath. |
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| It came in part from a draft oath suggested prior to the negotiations by President de Valera. |
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| She was mobbed by paparazzi and testifying under oath for the first time. |
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| The new judges took oath in a simple but impressive ceremony held at LHC judges' lounge today. |
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| Impressive oath taking ceremony was held in the judges' lounge of LHC, registrar LHC, Sardar Ahmad Naeem conducted the proceedings. |
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| The oath was a key issue for opponents of the Treaty, who refused to take the oath and therefore did not take their seats. |
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| However King George III blocked emancipation, arguing that to grant it would break his coronation oath to defend the Anglican Church. |
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| Ecclesiastical courts had exclusive jurisdiction over matters such as marriage, contracts made on oath, inheritance and legitimacy. |
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| Once a majority of the members have taken the oath in each House, the State Opening of Parliament may take place. |
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| Love of truth was inculcated by Essaism, as by Parsism and Buddhism, and was promised by an oath. |
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| She read an oath in front of an audience of 200 people and is now officially one of the company's liverymen. |
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| Bradley swore a mighty deep-space oath and braced himself against certain annihilation. |
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| The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. |
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| But all of his questionable policies were immediately coloured by the indignance with which he refused to abandon his foreign oath of allegiance. |
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| Ronald Reagan in 1985 was the last president to take the oath twice to avoid holding Inauguration Day festivities on a Sunday. |
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| The notion of men binding themselves by oath to relinquish responsibility resembles the paradox of people joining together to extemporize. |
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| Lane County swears in two sets of grand juries every four weeks, with an oath that requires jurors to keep all proceedings secret. |
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| Suleiman delivered a centrist speech when he took an oath and so his tenure was viewed as being centrist, he pointed out. |
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| Governor Syed Ahmed administered the oath of office and secrecy to Das at the Birsa Munda Football Stadium here. |
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| By stipulation of the parties, the agreement may be electronically or stenographically recorded and made under oath or affirmed. |
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| However, Parliament did attempt to avert conflict by requiring all adults to sign The Protestation, an oath of allegiance to Charles. |
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| When this was refused, he asked that at least those willing would be released from their martial oath to be free to return to Britain. |
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| They were crowned on 11 April, swearing an oath to uphold the laws made by Parliament. |
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| On 4 July, the States of Holland appointed William stadtholder, and he took the oath five days later. |
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| This led to a schism between those clergy who swore the required oath and accepted the new arrangement and those who remained loyal to the Pope. |
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| No person may accept significant public office without swearing an oath of allegiance to the Queen. |
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| Henry obtained a papal bull in 1263 exempting him from his oath and both sides began to raise armies. |
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| While jurors voted on oath or affirmation, a Lord could vote upon his honour. |
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| The numbers of helpers required and the form of their oath differed from place to place and upon the nature of the dispute. |
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| It appears surprising to moderns that so important a matter might be settled by one and his friends falsely swearing an oath. |
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| The ordeal offered an alternative for those unable or unwilling to swear an oath. |
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| The Kingdom of Navarre had been invaded by Ferdinand of Aragon jointly with Castile in 1512, but he pledged a formal oath to respect the kingdom. |
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| While More was imprisoned in the Tower, Thomas Cromwell made several visits, urging More to take the oath, which he continued to refuse. |
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| Alone in a private room, the five plotters swore an oath of secrecy on a prayer book. |
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| Following their oath, the plotters left London and returned to their homes. |
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| After the people acclaim the sovereign at each side, the archbishop administers an oath to the sovereign. |
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| In addition to the oath, the monarch may take what is known as the Accession Declaration if he or she has not yet made it. |
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| Violating their oath to restore land to the Byzantines, they often kept the land for themselves. |
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| Using the demonstratives as articles may have still been considered overly informal for a royal oath in the 9th century. |
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| She does have a deep sense of religious and civic duty, and takes her coronation oath seriously. |
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| All clergy of the Church swear an oath of allegiance to the monarch before taking office. |
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| The Highland chiefs sent word to James, now in exile in France, asking for his permission to take this oath. |
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| From 2 August 1934, members of the armed forces were required to pledge an oath of unconditional obedience to Hitler personally. |
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| However, the oath was officially made public by the Blair Government in a written parliamentary answer in 1998, as follows. |
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| Privy counsellors can choose to affirm their allegiance in similar terms should they prefer not to take a religious oath. |
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| The oath is tendered by the Lord President of the Court of Session at a sitting of the Court in Parliament House in Edinburgh. |
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| This seems to be a common problem I have been encountering against mono-brown decks, oath of ghouls, living death decks. |
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| All soldiers must take an oath of allegiance upon joining the Army, a process known as attestation. |
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| He served as such until 1880, when he was again nominated but refused to take the religious oath of allegiance to the Sovereign. |
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| The ceremony had to be repeated as the name of 'France' had been accidentally inserted into the text of the King's oath instead of 'England. |
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| Unlike their English contemporaries, Scottish students were not required to take a religious oath. |
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| A witness who has once been proved to have given false testimony on oath was barred from ever appearing as a witness again. |
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| In medieval Europe, the swearing of fealty took the form of an oath made by a vassal, or subordinate, to his lord. |
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| One part of the oath of fealty included swearing to always remain faithful to the lord. |
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| The whole contract including the oath of fealty was part of a formal commendation ceremony that created the feudal relationship. |
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| This means that such groups refuse to participate in government office or serve under an oath to a government. |
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| An oath, in case they were forsworn, draweth a curse on them, a detestable omination towards the priests of God. |
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| The oath of fidelity was a way for Charles to ensure loyalty from all his subjects. |
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| As early as 779 he banned sworn guilds between other men so that everyone took an oath of loyalty only to him. |
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| Also, they can take the oath in Frisian in courts anywhere in the Netherlands. |
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| Caesar himself denied the accusations repeatedly throughout his lifetime, and according to Cassius Dio, even under oath on one occasion. |
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| He was in a difficult situation, as he had taken an oath not to attack Richard's lands while he was away on crusade. |
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| The Bailiff considered that this would be contrary to his oath of allegiance, but he was instructed otherwise. |
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| After 18 days, William accepted the city's honourable surrender, swearing an oath not to harm the city or increase its ancient tribute. |
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| After Edward's death, the Normans were quick to point out that in accepting the crown of England, Harold had broken this alleged oath. |
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| This ensures that officers and enlisted men swear an oath to a politically neutral head of state, and not to a politician. |
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| Upon entering the army, all soldiers had to take their oath of allegiance to the consuls. |
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| By implication, this invokes divine displeasure if the oath taker fails in their sworn duties. |
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| However, the chief purpose of such an act is for ceremony or solemnity, and the act does not of itself make an oath. |
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| The Test oath was intended to identify those who were indifferent to or were secret enemies of the Revolution. |
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| To regulate the king's power, all future kings took an oath to uphold the law. |
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| However, Harald had to swear an oath that he would not claim the title of king as long as Sigurd or his son was alive. |
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| During the Republic, any person who wished to hold public office had to conform to the Reformed Church and take an oath to this effect. |
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| In April 1528, when Philip was eleven months old, he received the oath of allegiance as heir to the crown from the Cortes of Castile. |
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| In August 1671, Muscovite envoys administered the oath of allegiance and the Cossacks swore loyalty to the tsar. |
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| For Zwingli, a sacrament was an initiatory ceremony or a pledge, pointing out that the word was derived from sacramentum meaning an oath. |
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| In the past, in numerous national churches and dioceses, those entering Holy Orders had to make an oath of subscription to the Articles. |
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| Coke's challenge to the ecclesiastical courts and their ex officio oath is seen as the origin of the right to silence. |
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| The oath was abolished and in 1937 a new constitution was adopted. |
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| Until recently no oath of allegiance was sworn by members of the Royal Navy, which is not maintained under an Act of Parliament but by the royal prerogative. |
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| In a society in which each was known to his neighbour and in which religious emphasis was placed upon the sanctity of an oath, the system was probably more satisfactory. |
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| It was formerly regarded by the Privy Council as criminal, and possibly treasonous, to disclose the oath administered to Privy Counsellors as they take office. |
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| This replaced an oath which had deferred more to the monarch. |
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| The monarch additionally swears a separate oath to preserve Presbyterian church government in the Church of Scotland and this oath is taken before the coronation. |
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| After the 1997 general election, the then Speaker, made a new ruling on entitlement to salary, allowances and services as they relate to Members who have not taken the oath. |
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| Northern Ireland police do not swear an oath to the monarch. |
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| Eventually, in November 1790, the National Assembly began to require an oath of loyalty to the Civil Constitution from all the members of the clergy. |
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