Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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De nullo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagii; fit tamen inde fidelitatis sacramentum
For no tenement that is held for a term is there the oath of homage, but there is the oath of fealty.
Omne sacramentum debet esse de certa scientia
Every oath ought to be founded on certain knowledge.
Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et judicium in judice
An oath has in it three componentstruth, justice, and judgment: truth in the party swearing, justice and judgment in the judge (administering the oath).
Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium
A foolish oath, though false, does not make perjury.
corporate sacramentum
Corporal oath. See OATIi. corporal oath See OATH.
sacramentum
n. [Latin "an oath"] Roman law. 1. A procedure for remedying a wrong; one of the legis actiones proceedings, used in both in rem and in personam actions when no other remedy was prescribed.
sacramentum decisionis
[Latin "the oath of decision"] Civil law. The offer by one party to accept the opposing party's oath as decisive of the issues involved in a lawsuit.
sacramentum fidelitatis
[Law Latin] Hist. The oath of fidelity, given by a vassal to a lord.