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    The Oaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 46) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing that all required oaths (including the oath of allegiance...
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    to law. So help me God. Under the Oaths Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c.46), consolidated and repealed by the Oaths Act 1978 (c. 19), those who choose to may...
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  • Oaths Acts The Oaths Acts 1888 to 1977 meant the Oaths Acts 1888 to 1961 and section 8 of the Administration of Justice Act 1977. The Coronation Oath...
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    oath prescribed by law, omitting any words of imprecation or calling to witness. Section 7 repealed the Oaths Act 1838, the Oaths Act 1888, the Oaths...
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    Disabilities (Jewish) Emancipation of the Jews in the United Kingdom Oaths Act 1888, allowing those of no religious belief to simply "solemnly, sincerely...
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    The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament which established county councils and county borough councils in England...
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    royal assent on 24 May 1689. The Act allowed for freedom of worship to nonconformists who had pledged to the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and rejected...
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  • Bradlaugh was ultimately admitted in 1886, he took up the issue and saw the Oaths Act 1888 passed, which confirmed the right to optionally affirm declarations...
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    Revision Act 1888.) The Scottish Claim of Right Act 1689 says that the monarch cannot "exercise the regal power until he or she swear the Coronation Oath." Accession...
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    The Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed with a view to the revision of the...
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  • met from 9 February 1888 until 24 December 1888. Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 51) Electric Lighting Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict....
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    fell out over Gladstone's views on the circumstances that led to the Oaths Act 1888, and his refusal to continue to support the author financially. In late...
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  • essential points was exacted by the State with post-Reformation oaths. With some solemnity, by oath, test, or formal declaration, English churchmen and others...
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    the defendant subsequently agree to swear oaths and not attend unlawful assemblies (as defined by the Act) then all penalties would be cancelled. The...
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    Interpretation Act 1978. This short title was conferred on this act by section 4 of this act. This short title was conferred on this act by section 1 of this act. This...
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    The Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz. 1. c. 1), sometimes referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1559, is an act of the Parliament of England, which replaced...
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    Oath of Allegiance, etc. Act 1609 (7 Jas. 1. c. 6) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England during the reign of James I. The Act ordered...
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    The Profane Oaths Act 1745 (19 Geo. 2. c. 21) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1746, in effect from 1 June 1746, and formally repealed...
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    The Commissioners for Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 75) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
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  • banishment as misdemeanants. Finally, in 1871 (the Promissory Oaths Act 1871) the Roman Catholic Oath was abolished, as also the declaration against Transubstantiation...
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    well as notaries public, to administer oaths and affirmations. The chief justice ordinarily administers the oath of office to newly appointed and confirmed...
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    Act of 1871 (17 Stat. 13), also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, Third Ku Klux Klan Act, Civil Rights Act of 1871, or Force Act of...
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  • College in Aurora, New York, causing a loss of $130,000. The Oaths Act permits the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign by Members of Parliament...
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    may be killed with it for swearing the false oath. Once again Hagen supervises silently as others take oaths to his advantage. The naively light-hearted...
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    under the statutes now repealed. This act remained on the statute book until it was repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48). Catholic...
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  • Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 10) Electric Lighting Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 56) Electric Lighting Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 12)...
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    was defeated at Second Reading. The Factory and Workshops Act 1878 Amendment (Scotland) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 22) affected the choice of full-day holidays...
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  • possible victim of Jack the Ripper. 9 August – Oaths Act permits all required oaths, including the oath of allegiance taken to the Sovereign by Members...
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    also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist...
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    alteration in clerical oaths, and in 1834 the late Mr. Alderman Wood brought in a Bill for the abolition of matriculation and degree oaths in the Universities...
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