Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not attested to under oath.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not sworn.
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- adjective Not
sworn
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not bound by or stated on oath
Etymologies
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Examples
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At a court hearing on Dec. 15 at Fort Campbell, Ky., Miller submitted an unsworn statement in which he said he fired after Mohammed tried to grab his 9 mm pistol.
Md. soldier faces court-martial for death of Afghan civilian 2011
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Later, he apologized to her in an unsworn statement, a maneuver that allowed him to address the court without having to face questions from the prosecution yet still make his most extensive public comments since his capture.
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In unsworn testimony (which is common for defendants in military commissions and not subject to cross-examination), Khadr apologized to Mrs. Speer and to her family for the pain he had caused.
Daphne Eviatar: Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury Daphne Eviatar 2010
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In unsworn testimony (which is common for defendants in military commissions and not subject to cross-examination), Khadr apologized to Mrs. Speer and to her family for the pain he had caused.
Daphne Eviatar: Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury Daphne Eviatar 2010
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In unsworn testimony (which is common for defendants in military commissions and not subject to cross-examination), Khadr apologized to Mrs. Speer and to her family for the pain he had caused.
Daphne Eviatar: Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury Daphne Eviatar 2010
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Two unsworn witnesses came forward to incriminate Conley.
AS SEEN ON TV: JIM CONLEY Toby O'B 2010
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I am bemused that Metro1 treats the police report in a case like this as if it was dispassionate truth rather than the unsworn testimony of an interested party.
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Comments suggest some states are different, such statements might be unsworn.
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Notice that they conveniently neglect to mention that Rove's statements were unsworn.
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But it appears, at least, that some of the sworn (and unsworn, in the case of Cheney) statements of the key players doesn't coincide.
Marcy Wheeler: Collective Forgetting in the Office of the Vice President 2008
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