The Federal Rules of Evidence make reference to the importance of the oath in our judicial system.
Without the sanctity of the oath, 'Equal Justice Under Law' cannot be guaranteed.
They were political men with a profound reverence for the sanctity of the oath and our entire system of justice.
Here the judge's violation of the oath 'to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth' was deemed an impeachable offense.
Defenders of the oath reply that the goal of maximising shareholder value has become a justification for short-termism and, in particular, rapid personal enrichment.
Ralph David Abernathy III was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on 35 counts, including forgery, violation of the oath of office and influencing a witness.
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But the grandson of Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell told the BBC that the words of the oath provide a "sense of purpose to cling on to".
And there would have to be some deal on the form of the oath MPs take to the Queen... but that would probably not be an insuperable obstacle.
One of the two main criticisms of the oath and of the whole idea of turning management into a profession, particularly in business-school faculties, is that it is either unnecessary or actively harmful.
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, the Quakers and Moravians Act 1833, the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 and the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 have progressively chiselled away the direct religious content of the oath.
The popularity of the oath might also reflect a broader change, with huge implications not just for business education but for management as a whole, says Rakesh Khurana, a professor at Harvard Business School.
The power of subpoena -- broad as it is -- and the power of contempt for refusing to answer -- drastic as that is -- and even the solemnity of the oath cannot ensure truthful answers.
Instead of taking the oath of office before the National Assembly, the constitution says Chavez can be sworn in before the country's Supreme Court.
Pending the said debate, neither the terms of the mooted oath nor the detail of the norms acceptable to the home secretary have yet been finally specified.
"All of this begins in less than 24 hours, when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court gives the oath of office to 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, " Cheney said.
Even seemingly random databases, like "Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727 to 1775, " are available on Ancestry.com, in some cases behind a pay wall.
But I think the obligation of all of us should be the oath of office.
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This view, incidentally, is not the sole preserve of Christian Ireland, but was a fundamental part of the Hippocratic oath.
On Monday, she said a dispute over the wording of the legislative oath had been resolved and her party's MPs would attend the legislature for the first time on Wednesday.
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Courts are rigorously literal in passing on questions of ambiguity in the questions and the response of witnesses under oath and generally give the accused the benefit of any doubt on possible interpretations of the questions and the meaning of the allegedly perjurious response.
Ridge -- a former Marine, decorated Vietnam veteran, former congressman and two-term governor of Pennsylvania -- took the oath of office from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House.
Our real focus should be on the candidates and their views on the issues, because one of them will stand before the nation and take the oath of office and swear to uphold and protect the Constitution of the United States.
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Perjury about a purely private matter should at the very least lead this body to question whether no matter how seriously we take the person's violation, for example, of the witness's oath, the drastic remedy of removal from office is the proper response.
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To this end, the two professors propose a managerial version of the Hippocratic Oath, to which all doctors must swear.
There is a long way to go until we have a settled approach to business ethics, and the end result will undoubtedly be specific to business and not be a simple reworking of the Hippocratic oath.
Amendments to some of Britain's key constitutional documents, including the Bill of Rights and Coronation Oath Act of 1688, the 1701 Act of Settlement and the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England, will be necessary to enact the bill.
When Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated, on the East Portico of the Capitol, Taney administered the oath, and Lincoln, in his address, confronted the crisis of constitutional authority.
During Christmas week, the president-elect of Ecuador, Rafael Correa (he is taking the oath of office on January 15, 2007) visited Chavez and upon his return tensions between Ecuador and Colombia increased as Ecuador demanded that Colombia stop fumigations on the coca fields that border with Ecuador.
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