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.
It may seem unbelievable that anyone running for the presidency would even consider such a betrayal of the oath of office governing that position, let alone work toward that end.
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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.
Mr Blunkett is not personally keen on the idea of the oath but would like to enjoin newcomers to undertake to learn some English and to forswear unEnglish activities such as forced marriages and female circumcision.
But it would establish the principle that adherence to political Islam, with its dreams of a society ruled by Shariah (not to mention a world ruled by a restored caliphate), is incompatible with the terms of the oath of allegiance.
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.
And he made clear at the end of his speech yesterday that the oath he took -- both yesterday and the day before -- is very similar to the oath that members of Congress take, very similar to the oath that men and women in our armed forces take, and similar to the pledge that we make to our flag, every American makes.
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.
First politically: The wording of the Presidential Oath was established in the Constitution in Article II, Section 1, Clause 10.
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But I think the obligation of all of us should be the oath of office.
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More than two dozen construction workers hammered together 22, 000 sheets of plywood to build the dramatic inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol where Obama will take the oath of office.
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It was the third time the President has hosted this kind of service, and he told the audience, which included the families of the service members who were taking the oath of citizenship, that it is one of his favorite things to do.
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.
We only found out later just how much trouble we were in economically -- a situation where the economy shrank by almost 9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, a situation where the President -- in the month the President took the oath of office, the economy shed more than 750, 000 jobs.
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