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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Source — ▪ Primary Source [1789] Adopted by the National Assembly during the French Revolution on August 26, 1789, and reaffirmed by the constitution of 1958. Preamble The representatives of the French people, formed into a National Assembly,… … Universalium
Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America — The Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America (Spanish: Acta Solemne de la Declaración de Independencia de la América Septentrional ) is the first Mexican legal historical document where the separation of New Spain from… … Wikipedia
Chilean Declaration of Independence — document preserved at the National Congress of Chile, Valparaíso The Chilean Declaration of Independence is a document declaring the independence of Chile from the Spanish Empire. It was drafted in January 1818 and approved by Su … Wikipedia
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Request for a Declaration of War — ▪ Primary Source On September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, thus bringing Japan s Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere within the Axis coalition. From that time on, American resistance to Japanese… … Universalium
depose — de·pose /di pōz/ vb de·posed, de·pos·ing vt 1: to testify to under oath or by sworn affidavit 2: to take testimony from esp. by deposition plaintiffs...were entitled to depose experts retained by the defendants National Law Journal compare … Law dictionary
Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… … Universalium
Oath of office — Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath of office in 1963, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government… … Wikipedia
swear — [c]/swɛə / (say swair) verb (swore or, Archaic, sware, sworn, swearing) –verb (i) 1. to make a solemn declaration with an appeal to God or some superhuman being in confirmation of what is declared; make affirmation in a solemn manner by some… …
affirm — af·firm /ə fərm/ vt 1: to assert as true or factual 2: to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed affirm ed the lower court s ruling compare remand, reverse … Law dictionary
oath — n 1: a solemn attestation of the truth of one s words or the sincerity of one s intentions; specif: one accompanied by calling upon a deity as a witness 2: a promise (as to perform official duties faithfully) corroborated by an oath compare… … Law dictionary
