Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having been asserted as true under oath.
- adjective Bound or empowered by an oath.
- adjective Avowed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Past participle of swear; as an adjective, bound by or as by an oath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- p. p. of
swear . - originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends.
- determined or irreconcilable enemies.
- close friends.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Given under
oath . - verb Past participle of
swear
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective bound by or as if by an oath
- adjective bound by or stated on oath
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Examples
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III. v.68 (338,2) a sworn rioter] A _sworn rioter_ is a man who practises riot, as if he had by an oath made it his duty.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Ally (formerly known as GMAC), Bank of America, and JPMorgan have paused foreclosures after employees admitted in sworn depositions they didn't verify information in thousands upon thousands of affidavits they signed.
Calls Mount For Foreclosure Moratorium, Investigations The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I could have sworn from the brimstone taste of my ex that HE was the Prince of Darkness.
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Bank of America and other mortgage companies have been under pressure to review their paperwork after employees and contractors said in sworn depositions that, because of the enormous volume, they hadn't had the time to read the documents, much less check them for accuracy.
Paperwork storm hits nation's biggest bank Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010
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You didn't lie about it in sworn testimony, which still puts you a notch above Clinton, but you need to go.
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Both GMAC and Chase have employed reported robo-signers, who have admitted in sworn depositions to signing as many as 10,000 documents each month without properly reviewing and notarizing them.
Foreclosure? Not So Fast Robbie Whelan 2010
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A number of employees of mortgage servicers who signed documents indicating that they had reviewed the accuracy of thousands of foreclosure proceedings have testified in sworn depositions that they didn't actually perform at least some of the reviews.
Do you have foreclosure documents or depositions related to 'robo-signers'? Ariana Eunjung Cha 2010
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Ally (formerly known as GMAC), Bank of America, and JPMorgan have paused foreclosures after employees admitted in sworn depositions they didn't verify information in thousands upon thousands of affidavits they signed.
Calls Mount For Foreclosure Moratorium, Investigations The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Already, investigators have obtained in sworn testimony detailed descriptions of what took place inside the foreclosure companies.
Wonkbook: Election tops $2 billion; divided gov. does not mean deficit reduction; market believes in inflation Ezra Klein 2010
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The answer that waterboarding is torture, given in sworn testimony before Congress, would put him in a bad position if he assumed office.
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