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Oath: A commitment made to the witness's deity, or on their holy book. Affirmation : A secular variant of the oath where the witness does not have to mention a deity or holy book. Promise : A commitment made by a witness under the age of 17, or of all witnesses if none of the accused are over the age of 17.
Some Christians, who may not be Quakers, refuse to swear oaths, based on Matthew 5:34–5:37. All elected members of parliament must make an oath or affirmation to the Crown before they can take their seats. [4] MPs are asked which form they prefer to take with the statement "Swear or Affirm", meaning swear an oath or make an affirmation. [5]
North Carolina's oath-taking practices "date to 1777 but have evolved over the years". [2] North Carolina's legislature first passed the oath-taking statutes in 1777. At that time, the title of the statute was "Administration of oath upon the Gospels". In 1985 the word "Gospels" was replaced by the term "Holy Scriptures". [4]
Under a regulation in the Yukon's Municipal Act, elected councilors are required to swear an oath of allegiance to the British monarch, who remains the official head of state of Canada despite the ...
The refusal is in solidarity with new council member Darwyn Lynn, a member of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation New Members of Canadian Town Council Refuse to Take Oath for King Charles ...
Requiring an oath may prompt some not to speak freely, Long said. Cushman said she checked with the House clerk who advised that requiring an oath was allowed. "This is such a serious matter.
On March 4, 2009, Miers and former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bush Karl Rove agreed to testify under oath before Congress about the firings of U.S. attorneys Joshua Bolten, White House Chief of Staff: Eric Holder, Attorney General: June 20, 2012 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [32] June 28, 2012 House of Representatives
Rather than swearing or taking an oath, Quakers instead answered "yea" or "nay" to questions, believing that swearing oaths was often a way to avoid telling the truth while appearing to do so, and that a person's word should be accepted as truth based on their reputation for telling the truth, rather than any oath sworn or taken.