What if my religion prohibits swearing an oath? Instead of an oath, a witness can give a solemn affirmation to tell the truth without requiring any reference to a deity or violation of a religious principle. If you prefer to use the affirmation, please tell the bailiff before the oath is ...
Photos by Tom Rivers: Susan Howard, the new Orleans County district attorney, signs the oath of office next to County Clerk Nadine Hanlon after a brief swearing-in ceremony this morning in the Orleans County Courthouse. ALBION – Susan Howard was sworn in as district attorney this morning in ...
it is an offense for a lawfully sworn witness or interpreter in judicial proceedings willfully to make a statement, material in those proceedings, which they knew to be false or did not believe to be true
swearingWITNESSESCinematruthTellWork measurementCommitmentLaw courtsIt doesn't happen often, but it usually involves work measurement We have all seen TV shows or movies in which a witness is testifying in a court of law. The first step of a sworn testimony is a commitment to be truthful. The...
witness would have attributed to him. If he does so, there is nothing lost to the party who sought to introduce that testimony as hearsay. However, if he does not, or will not, then an unproductive swearing contest, in which witnesses are attributing statements to each other, is avoided....
Said Vos further avers that at the time of swearing to said answers and cross-petitions and filing them, said Robb and Strong, trustees, had full knowledge of all things and acts done on their behalf by said Kebler and Kebler & Roelker and Kebler, Roelker & Jelke, and they deliberately...