Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) — King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede … Wikipedia
oath — Any form of attestation by which a person signifies that he is bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully, e.g. President s oath on entering office, Art. II, Sec. 1, U.S.Const. Vaughn v. State, 146 Tex.Cr.R. 586,177 S.W.2d 59 … Black's law dictionary
oath ex-officio — /6w0 eks afish(iy)ow/ An oath whereby a person may be obliged to make any presentment of any crime or offense, or to confess or accuse himself of any criminal matter or thing whereby he may be liable to any censure, penalty, or punishment. 3… … Black's law dictionary
oath ex officio — An oath made by an accused clergyman whereby he might swear his innocence (or others might do so for him) and thus escape the censure or punishment of the ecclesiastical court. This practice of canonical purgation, as it was called, continued… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Ex officio oath — The ex officio oath (also known as the Star Chamber oath[1]) was an English judicial and ecclesiastical weapon[2] developed in the first half of the seventeenth century, and used as a form of coercion, persecution,[2] and forcible self… … Wikipedia
Robert Beale — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este esbozo de la ejecución de la reina María I de Escocia fue dibujado para acompañar la memoria oficial del proceso compuesta por Robert Beale como miembro del Consejo Real Privado. Robert Beale (1541 1601) fue un… … Wikipedia Español
Edward Coke — This article is about the seventeenth century jurist. For other uses, see Edward Coke (disambiguation). Sir Edward Coke … Wikipedia
High Commission, Court of — English ecclesiastical court instituted by Henry VIII to enforce the Act of Supremacy (1534). It became a controversial instrument of repression, used against those who refused to acknowledge the authority of the Church of England. Its main… … Universalium
Constitution of the Falkland Islands — Falkland Islands This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Falkland Islands … Wikipedia
Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition Inquisition … Catholic encyclopedia