Oath of abjuration


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an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender.
- Brande & C.

See also: Abjuration

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Even though Elijah's father had his civil rights restored two years later, in 1786, after he took an "oath of abjuration and allegiance", the ultimate question remained: to whom did Zebulon, and for that matter, his family, really owe their allegiance?
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church notes that ecclesiastical sanctuary "had developed out of the usage that a criminal who had taken refuge in a church might not be removed from it, but was allowed to take an oath of abjuration before the coroner and proceed to a seaport appointed by the latter.
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