Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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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).