Questions tagged [oath]
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Does Eli Beer commit an offence and can he be prosecuted for it? [closed]
In this video Eli Beer (the head of Israeli EMS) tells ostensibly of personally witnessing many very gratuitous and gruesome, cruel war crimes like opening a pregnant woman’s stomach and stabbing the ...
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What remedies can a witness use to satisfy the "all the truth" portion of their oath?
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A witness took an oath to tell the whole truth. The adversarial cross-examiner abruptly cuts off the witness's testimony in the middle of a statement, leaving the train of thought ...
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Did any ancient legal systems require covenants/oaths/contracts to be made in the morning?
“Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent ...