单词 | fore-oath |
释义 | † fore-oathn. Obsolete exc. Historical. Old English Law. An oath required of the party commencing a suit unless the fact complained of was manifest. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > types of oath fore-oatha1000 decisory oath1593 voir dire1676 suppletory oatha1691 oath in supplement1838 a1000 Laws Ath. i. §23 Ofga ælc man his tihtlan mid foreaðe. 1641 Ancient Cust. Eng. in Harl. Misc. (1808) I. 240 He might, afterward, with his fore-oath his lord's part play at any need. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. 16 A fore-oath was needless if a man sued for wounding and showed the wound to the Court. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1000 |
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