sworn — UK US /swɔːn/ adjective [before noun] LAW ► formally and officially stated to be true: »Investigators took sworn statements from a number of employees … Financial and business terms
Sworn testimony — is evidence given by a witness who has made a commitment to tell the truth. If the witness is later found to have lied whilst bound by the commitment, they can often be charged with the crime of perjury. The types of commitment can include oaths … Wikipedia
subscribed and sworn to before me — An expression which, followed by the date and signature of the officer administering the oath, constitutes the jurat of an affidavit. 3 Am J2d Affi § 16 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Sworn declaration — A sworn declaration (also called a sworn statement or a statement under penalty of perjury ) is a document that recites facts pertinent to a legal proceeding. It is very similar to an affidavit, but unlike an affidavit, it is not witnessed and… … Wikipedia
Sworn virgin — A sworn virgin is a person who decides to live in the manner of the opposite sex while adamantly refusing ever to have sexual relations with another. The term itself can be misleading mdash; swearing virginity can be a public or private act, and… … Wikipedia
Sworn Enemy — Infobox musical artist Name = Sworn Enemy Img capt = Sworn Enemy performing at Yesterday s Draught House Stage in Wheeling WV, April 2008 Img size = 250 Landscape = Background = group or band Origin = Queens, New York, United States Genre =… … Wikipedia
sworn to — Verified before a proper officer. Hocking Power Co. v Harrison, 20 Ohio App 135, 139, 153 NE 155, 157. Stated under oath … Ballentine's law dictionary
duly sworn — Having been put under oath, before an officer authorized to administer oaths, in the manner and form required by law. Garner v State, 28 Fla 113. An allegation that one did depose and swear is not the equivalent of alleging that being duly sworn … Ballentine's law dictionary
England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… … Catholic encyclopedia
English-language vowel changes before historic r — In the phonological history of the English language, vowels followed (or formerly followed) by the phoneme /r/ have undergone a number of phonological changes. In recent centuries, most or all of these changes have involved merging of vowel… … Wikipedia
legally sworn — Put under oath. Being bound by an oath. A person can only be legally sworn in a matter judicially pending before the court in which he makes oath to give true testimony. If the court is wholly without jurisdiction, the matter is not judicially… … Ballentine's law dictionary