Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Assertory oath
see oath.
Oath
1. A solemn declaration, accompanied by a swearing to God or a revered person or thing, that one's statement is true or that one will be bound to a promise. ( The person making the oath implicitly invites punishment if the statement is untrue or the promise is broken. The legal effect of an oath is to subject the person to penalties for perjury if the testimony is false. 2. A statement or promise made by such a declaration. 3. A form of words used for such a declaration. 4. A formal declaration made solemn without a swearing to God or a revered person or thing; AFFIRMATION. "The word oath' (apart from its use to indicate a profane expression) has two very different meanings: (1) a solemn appeal to God in attestation of the truth of a statement or the binding character of such a promise; (2) a statement or promise made under the sancti
Oath or Affirmation Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution requiring members of Congress and the state legislatures, and all member of the executive or judicial branches - state or local - to pledge by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 3.
Oathworthy
, adj. Legally capable of making an oath.
assertory oath
An oath by which one attests to some factual matter, rather than making a promise about one's future conduct. ( A courtroom witness typically takes such an oath.
corporal oath
An oath made solemn by touching a sacred object, esp. the Bible. Oath (Juramentum) Is a calling Almighty God to witness that the Testimony is true; therefore it is aptly termed Sacramentum, a Holy Band, a Sacred Tye, or Godly Vow. And it is called a Corporal Oath, because the party when he swears, toucheth with his right hand the Holy Evangelists or Book of the New Testament." Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670).
decisive oath
Civil law. An oath by a party in a lawsuit, used to decide the case because the party's adversary, not being able to furnish adequate proof, offered to refer the deci-sion of the case to the party. - Also termed decisory oath.
decisory oath
See decisive oath under OATH.
extrajudicial oath
An oath that, although formally sworn, is taken outside a legal proceeding or outside the authority of law.
false oath
See PERJURY
judicial oath
An oath taken in the course of a judicial proceeding, esp. in open court. loyalty oath. See oath of allegiance.
loyalty oath
See oath of allegiance under OATH. L.P. See limited partnership under PARTNERSHIP. L.R.. abbr. Law Reports.
oath against an oath
See SWEARING CONTEST.
oath ex officio
At common law, an oath under which a member of the clergy who was accused of a crime could swear innocence before an ecclesiastical court.
oath ex officio.
See OATH,
oath in litem
Civil law. An oath taken by a plaintiff in testifying to the value of the thing in dispute when there is no evidence of value or when the defendant has fraudulently suppressed evidence of value.
oath of abjuration
English law. An oath renouncing all right of descendants of a pretender to the Crown.
oath of allegiance
See OATH,
oath of allegiance.
An oath by which one promises to maintain fidelity to a particular sovereign or government. ( This oath is most often administered to a high public officer, to a soldier or sailor, or to an alien applying for naturalization. - Also termed loyalty oath; test oath.
oath of calumny
An oath, taken by a plaintiff or defendant, that attests to the party's good faith and to the party's belief that there is a bona fide cause of action. See CALUMNY.
oath of office
See OATH,
oath of officee
An oath taken by a person about to enter into the duties of public office, by which the person promises to perform the duties of that office in good faith.
oath of supremacy
Hist. English law. An oath required of those taking office, along with the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, declaring that the sovereign is superior to the church in ecclesiastical matters.
oath of supremacy.
See OATH
oath purgatory
See purgatory oath under OATH.
oath suppletory
See suppletory oath under OATH.
oath suppletory.
See suppletory oath.
oath-helper
See COMPURGATOR.
oath-rite
The form or ceremony used when taking an oath.
pauper's oath
. See OATH.
pauper's oath.
An affidavit or verification of poverty by a person requesting public funds or services. See poverty affidavit under AFFIDAVIT; IN FORMA PAUPERIS.
promissory oath
See OATH.
promissory oath.
An oath that binds the party to observe a specified course of conduct in the future. ( Both the oath of office and the oath of allegiance are types of promissory oaths.
purgatory oath
. An oath taken to clear oneself of a charge or suspicion. - Also termed oath purgatory.
suppletory oath
. 1. Civil law. An oath administered to a party, rather than a witness, in a case in which a fact has been proved by only one witness. a In a civil-law case, two witnesses are needed to constitute full proof. See HALF-PROOF. 2. An oath administered to a party to authenticate or support some piece of documentary evidence offered by the party. - Also termed oath suppletory. test oath. See oath of allegiance.
test oath
See oath of allegiance under OATH.
trial by oath
See COMPURGATION,