abjuration
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Abjuration Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abjuration
(n.)
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
(n.)
A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
(n.)
The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.
(n.)
A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.
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abjuration
Noun
1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
(synonym) retraction, recantation
(hypernym) disavowal, disclaimer
(hyponym) withdrawal, backdown, climb-down
(derivation) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
Noun
1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
(synonym) retraction, recantation
(hypernym) disavowal, disclaimer
(hyponym) withdrawal, backdown, climb-down
(derivation) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
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abjuration
abjuration
abjunctive \ab*junc"tive\ (&?;), a. [l. abjunctus, p. p. of abjungere; ab + jungere to join.] exceptional. [r.] it is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. taylor.
similar words(1)
oath of abjuration
abjuration
abjunctive \ab*junc"tive\ (&?;), a. [l. abjunctus, p. p. of abjungere; ab + jungere to join.] exceptional. [r.] it is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. taylor.
similar words(1)
oath of abjuration
Abjuration Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abjuration
A renunciation of allegiance to a country by oath.
The act of Congress of the 14th of April, 1802, requires that when an alien shall apply to be admitted a citizen of the United States, he shall declare on oath or affirmation before the court where the application shall be made, inter alia, that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity which he owes to any foreign prince., and particularly, by name, the prince whereof he was before a citizen or subject.
In England the oath of abjuration is an oath by which an Englishman binds himself not to acknowledge any right in the Pretender to the throne of England.
It signifies also an oath abjuring to certain doctrines of the church of Rome.
In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one's country and taking an oath of perpetual banishment. A man who had committed a felony, and for safety flea to a sanctuary might within forty days' confess the fact, and take the oath of abjuration and perpetual banishment; he was then transported. This was abolished.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A renunciation of allegiance to a country by oath.
The act of Congress of the 14th of April, 1802, requires that when an alien shall apply to be admitted a citizen of the United States, he shall declare on oath or affirmation before the court where the application shall be made, inter alia, that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity which he owes to any foreign prince., and particularly, by name, the prince whereof he was before a citizen or subject.
In England the oath of abjuration is an oath by which an Englishman binds himself not to acknowledge any right in the Pretender to the throne of England.
It signifies also an oath abjuring to certain doctrines of the church of Rome.
In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one's country and taking an oath of perpetual banishment. A man who had committed a felony, and for safety flea to a sanctuary might within forty days' confess the fact, and take the oath of abjuration and perpetual banishment; he was then transported. This was abolished.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Abjuration Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Abjuration
Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. It comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear").
Abjuration of the realm was a type of abjuration in ancient English law that was a renunciation of citizenship, a type of self-imposed exile. The person taking the oath swore never to return to the kingdom unless by permission. This was often taken by fugitives who had taken sanctuary:
- I swear on the Holy Book that I will leave the realm of England and never return without the express permission of my Lord the King or his heirs. I will hasten by the direct road to the port allotted to me and not leave the King's highway under pain of arrest or execution. I will not stay at one place more than one night and will seek diligently for a passage across the sea as soon as I arrive, delaying only one tide if possible. If I cannot secure such passage, I will walk into the sea up to my knees every day as a token of my desire to cross. And if I fail in all this, then peril shall be my lot.
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