Sentences with phrase «on oath»

The chairman has the power to compel the production of documents and to summon witnesses to give evidence on oath.

He argued that the lawyer could only raise any objection he had when he was to be put on oath while inside the witness box.

On this point I preferred the evidence of the applicant wife, who stated on oath that she had given birth to not less than three children and not more than five.

A written statement which contains evidence given on oath or by affirmation.

Eligible officers normally execute an agreement on their oath date.

It is only when he is to be put on oath that he can raise his objection.

The Stewarts lied on oath in their evidence.

But in an article copied to Citi News, he stated that, «the conduct of the President convinces me as a senior and foundation member of the governing NDC, that he would do everything in his power to ensure that the examination orally on oath of the lootee for whom his Government looted the public purse, may not come on 24th November 2016.»

Speaking to the last of the Maccabean brothers, «the king appealed..., not with mere words, but with promises on oath, to make him rich and happy if he would abandon his ancestral customs: he would make him his Friend and entrust him with high office» (2 Mac 7:24).

(a) the judge is satisfied by information on oath in writing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament has been or will be committed and that information concerning the offence will be obtained through the use of the technique, procedure or device or the doing of the thing;

The conduct of the President convinces me as a senior and foundation member of the governing NDC, that he would do everything in his power to ensure that the examination orally on oath of the lootee for whom his Government looted the public purse, may not come on 24th November 2016.

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has lashed out at the Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah for accusing him of peddling falsehood in court in the case where he is seeking for leave to examine on oath Mr. Woyome as to his means and property to satisfy the GHC51.2 million judgment debt.

Coulson, thought to be the first NoW senior executive to be questioned on oath in a criminal trial about the affair, repeatedly denied having any knowledge of illegal activity by his staff.

There is a clear distinction between: evidence (or testimony), which consists of statements of fact given by witnesses on oath (subject to prosecution for perjury), governed by the rules of evidence, and which the jury is required to consider but not accept (in the sense that a verdict which is not supported by the evidence can be set aside on appeal),...

Examples of oaths that are not verifications on oath or affirmation, and which would not require identifying the person, would be oaths of office, promises about future behavior, or oaths before oral testimony.

11 So I declared on oath in my anger, «They shall never enter my rest.»»

The conduct of every popular Assembly, acting on oath, the strongest of religious ties, shews that individuals join without remorse in acts against which their consciences would revolt, if proposed to them separately in their closets.

Remember, everything that is said here - unlike the Commons select committees - is said on oath.

«In so doing he turned his back on every oath, he had ever taken.»

The counsel to Honeywell, Bode Olanipekun however objected to this line of question by arguing that Ecobank's disregard for the procedures of the Federal High Court was wrong as a Witness Statement on oath sworn to by Dr. Otudeko was already before the court.

Oath - taking has a long history in judicial proceedings, going back at least as far as 400 C.E. (For a good history of oaths see the Queensland Law Reform Commission Report on the Oaths Act (1989, chapters 9 - 11).

The signature on the oath card must be notarized.

Emphasising on the oath of office, he said, «My oath of office this morning underscores the fact that I must be obedient to the Senate and also the Federal Republic of Nigeria.»

Also at the hearing, former FCT Minister, Bala Muhammed exchanged words with Hembe and attempted walking out on the committee as he initially declined to be put on oath before his testimony

Among the exhibits attached with the motion, were written statements of Tope Aluko on oath which he tendered before Ekiti state governorship election tribunals in 2014 before the tribunal.

Coulson has given evidence to a parliamentary select committee and on oath at a criminal trial, denying that he knew anything of any illegal activity during his seven years at the News of the World.

I do not intend to respond to the fulminations of the embittered unconstitutional lootee (Woyome) whom I may examine orally on oath on 24th November 2016.

In the US evidence is taken on oath and lying to a senate or house committee can constitute perjury.

He even went so far as to ask all the journos to sign a giant dry erase board as a testament to their belief that he was telling the truth for once, a sorta nerdified twist on the oath of allegiance.

There is similar language for a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation and witnessing or attesting to a signature, but no language requiring a notary who administers an oath or affirmation.

As Xavier pointed out, you are not on oath when entering a plea (among other reasons, you would be required to incriminate yourself).

Once the expert attests or testifies on oath to this duty, the burden is on the party opposing the admission of the evidence to show that there is a realistic concern that the expert's evidence should not be received because the expert is unable and / or unwilling to comply with that duty.

(Cover's book is of interest to me because of a long - term project on oaths and the Constitution.

Usually, the defendant is also subjected to the additional burden of having to disclose on oath to the claimant the nature and whereabouts of its assets and having to do so within a short period (usually no longer than a couple of days).

(see STATEMENT) A written statement of evidence confirmed on oath or by affirmation to be true and taken before someone who has authority to administer it

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors.

Being forcibly questioned on oath and without warning or legal advisors, with no hint of what the questions related to or whether it was a matter involving them or someone else (maybe a family member or friend), the subject either had to incriminate themself or someone else by telling the truth, be charged with perjury if they lied or other witnesses said differently when questioned in turn, or be charged with contempt of court if they didn't speak.

In this question the hypothetical situation was that the defendant (say) stated on oath «My attorney advised me to take that course», when in fact the attorney (present in court) advised him not to take that course at all.

The exception is verification on oath or affirmation, which means swearing or affirming that a certain written statement is true.

Odukoya is alleged by the EFCC to have used the false document, and also gave false information on oath, concerning the loss of the certificate of occupancy at the Lagos State Land Registry.

(j) order that any party or witness shall be examined on oath or affirmation, and may for that purpose administer any necessary oath or take any necessary affirmation;