| 单词 |
fore-oath |
| 释义 |
† fore-oath Obs. exc. Hist. [OE. foreáþ, foráþ, f. fore- prefix + áþ oath.] In OE. Law: An oath required of the party commencing a suit unless the fact complained of was manifest.
a1000Laws Ath. i. §23 Ofga ælc man his tihtlan mid foreaðe. 1641Ancient Cust. Eng. in Harl. Misc. (1808) I. 240 He might, afterward, with his fore-oath his lord's part play at any need. 1895Pollock & Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. 16 A fore-oath was needless if a man sued for wounding and showed the wound to the Court. |

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