In German lands the diocesan court of the bishop had become the ordinary tribunal for divorce causes; and for annulment of the uncanonical separation an exact formula, the oath of reconciliation, had been devised.
The certificate of consent must be presented by the persons to the clerk of the peace or to the county clerk; they must take the oath on the evangelists, and execute a bond of the same tenor as that already described.
In the fragments of later records of Suffolk it is not uncommon for the court to refuse to put the woman on her oath in such cases.
Helen said, 'It is impossible for me to swear to a falsehood; and, whatever may be the consequence, I will give my oath according to my conscience.
She had the satisfaction of being present at the opening ceremonies of the House of Representatives, and of beholding her husband take the oath of office.
Many of the burghers availed themselves of a proclamation issued by Lord Roberts on March 15, under which, after taking an oath of neutrality, they were allowed to return to their farms, and there remain during good behaviour.
Then he stops suddenly; something like an oath starts from his lips, and he puts his hand none too gently on Leslie's arm.
The habitants, previously warned, on July 13th, to remain quietly in their homes offered little resistance, but for the most part accepted the oath of allegiance or at least neutrality.
Montmagny heard of this second exploit and summoned several of Maisonneuve's men, who had been present at the feast, to testify on oath what had happened.
They were joined by one of the young men who had failed in his oath and penitently sought to redeem himself.
Your rights shall be respected," continued Colonel Clark, "but you must take the oath of allegiance to Congress.
No pageant shall give the lie to my democratic principles," he said, as in plain citizen clothes with a few of his friends he repaired to the Capital and took the oath of office.
There under the black rafters, kissing the crucifix to the United States, the priest absolved them from their oath of allegiance to the British king.
But I cannot take an oath of allegiance to the King that my duty to my country may require me to disregard.
We have taken an oath not to fight the Virginians," said the paroled Frenchmen.
Black Buffalo shook his war bonnet defiantly, and returning to the hill smote the earth three times with the butt of his rifle, the registration of a mighty oath against the whites.
A high-sounding oath from Sir John Slingsby passed unnoticed, for though every one had heard the shot, each person's attention was suddenly called to an object of his own.
Then came Ned Hayward's turn, but our good friend thought fit to be more serious when an oath had been administered, and delivered his evidence with gravity and propriety.
She would die without being held to keep that oath she had made not to survive her dreamed-of happiness, the union she had desired and accepted.
But in the great battle of Tolbiacum, which Clovis fought with the Germans, when it seemed as though the Franks would be defeated, Clovis took an oath that if the God of his wife would give him the victory he would become a Christian.
The young men swore the same oath as the king, and then they started for the frontiers, the king following more slowly, as he was too feeble to travel except upon a litter.
The queen took the oath of office, and then repaired to the cathedral, to pray at the altar.
The chancellor then made a long address, after which the oath of allegiance was taken by all the civil and ecclesiastical notabilities.
Oaths” explains the laws for administering oaths; when an oath is to be admitted between contending parties who are qualified to take them.
A Jew is also released from any oath he may swear to a Gentile.
If he must give an oath to his companion, and he said to him, “vow to me by the life of thy head”?
Do you swear to me upon your oath and honour never to stay again after school, never to listen to another word from this sneaking fellow until you are sixteen, never to receive his addresses until Sir William speaks to you of him?
Shall I administer the oath of fellowship, my friend?
Should love be wanting, there are other chains that bind yet stronger than those of love--the chains formed by oath and by duty.
I am ready to take an oath by all the gods of Olympus, that I have never seen such a beautiful woman.
I now swear, and record the oath on this page, That I nevermore will discuss this mystery with any human creature until I hold the clue to it in my hand.
By the oath of Hippocrates, the practitioner of ancient times bound himself to enter his patient's house with the sole purpose of doing him good, and so to conduct himself as to avoid the very appearance of evil.
I trust the spirit of the oath of Hippocrates is not dead in the hearts of the students of to-day.
That venerable oath to which I have before referred bound the student to regard his instructor in the light of a parent, to treat his children like brothers, to succor him in his day of need.
On the return of Napoleon he for a time kept true to his oath to the Bourbons.
On the Emperor's abdication the old Jacobin took the oath of allegiance to King Louis, and remained true to his allegiance during the Hundred Days.
Arrah, the anger rose in me at the owdaciousness of him, and I took me oath to git him to the East Side even if he become twins.
Judges know how rapidly the value of the oath sinks in courts where violation of the prohibition laws is a frequent charge, and how habitual perjury becomes tolerated by respected people.
Elsewhere too the refusal of the oath of fealty is indicated as the proper ground of war (Tacitus, Ann.
The statement of Corbulo that Paetus bound himself on oath in presence of his soldiers and of the Parthian deputies to send no troops to Armenia till the arrival of Nero’s answer, is declared by Tacitus, Ann.
Thence the line of division between the clergy who had taken the oath and those who had not.
With an unaltered countenance, Toussaint took once more the oath of allegiance to France;--the oath which it had never been his desire to break.
The general scope of the responsibilities and powers proper to these old-time city constables is clearly defined in the oath that they were required to take before entering upon the duties of their office.
They also bound themselves on oath to proceed against no man through malice, and to screen no man through favour or affection.
Similarly, under forest law, an oath was required from all the inhabitants of the forest, that they would not disturb the peace of the wild beasts therein.
In the last chapter reference was made to the oath which every male over fifteen years of age had to take in furtherance of the general scheme of peace-maintenance.
And after having made oath on the holy evangelists, (to say the truth) the said Isabella Mills declares and says, a man decently dressed (whom afterward I knew to be W.
If any one has promised or contracted without intention to promise, and is called upon oath to answer, may simply answer, NO; and may swear to that denial.
A person may take an oath that he has not done any certain thing, though in fact he has.
