💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Oath of calumny"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| oath of abjurationnoun | (historical) An oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite Pretender. |
| wager of lawnoun | (law, historical) The giving of gage, or sureties, by a defendant in an action of debt, that at a certain day assigned he would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring with him eleven compurgators who would avow that they believed in their consciences that he spoke the truth. |
| swearing contestnoun | (law, informal) A trial whose outcome comes down to which of two parties swearing to the truth of opposing accounts is to be believed. |
| juratnoun | (law) A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made. |
| wagernoun | A bet; a stake; a pledge. |
| hearsay evidencenoun | evidence based on what someone has told the witness and not of direct knowledge |
| book oathnoun | (law, religion, dated) An oath sworn on the Bible. |
| warrandicenoun | (Scots law) A form of warranty in which a person conveying property is held liable for any outstanding claims on the property. |
| lawburrowsnoun | (Scots law) A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another. |
| assythmentnoun | (Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. |
| sworn brokernoun | (historical) A London broker who swore before the court of aldermen to maintain honesty in dealing. |
| covenant of warrantynoun | (countable, law, real estate) A legal agreement or promise, one of the English covenants of title and future covenants, whereby the grantor of a property assures the grantee that he or she will not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed. |
| backbondnoun | (Scots law) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust. |
| factumnoun | (law) Somebody's own act and deed. |
| testing clausenoun | (Scots law) The last clause in a Scottish deed, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, etc. |
| cautionrynoun | (obsolete, Scots law) suretyship |
| assithmentnoun | Dated form of assythment. [(Scots law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.] |
| warrantynoun | (countable) A written guarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that certain repairs and/or replacement parts will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a defect. |
| statutory declarationnoun | (law) A legal document that is affirmed rather than being sworn under oath. |
| talenoun | A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. |
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