| 单词 | commissioner for oaths |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommissioner for oaths commissioner for oaths n. (also commissioner of oaths) Law (chiefly British and Irish English) a person (usually a solicitor) authorized to administer oaths and affirmations and to take affidavits. ΚΠ 1853 Act 16 & 17 Victoria c. 78 §1 The Persons now styled ‘Masters Extraordinary in Chancery’ shall cease to be so styled, and they..hereafter..shall be designated ‘Commissioners to administer Oaths in Chancery in England’.] 1854 Legal Observer 28 Oct. 506/2 Pringle, William, Solicitor, of 3, King's Road, Bedford Row, Commissioner of Oaths in Chancery. 1877 Law Times 1 Sept. 304/1 There are about 4500 commissioners for oaths in England and Wales alone. 1920 G. B. Shaw in Hearst's Jan. 14/1 I was looking for a Commissioner of Oaths to witness some legal profanity or other. 2001 I. McEwan Atonement 348 Robbie reminded her to have money with her when she saw the commissioner for oaths. < as lemmas |
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