A self curse if certain obligations or conditions are not met. The *Bible records many instances of oaths being taken and fake oaths were strongly condemned. According to the *Talmud, oaths could be used as evidence in civil cases, but the oaths of...

Eggs and oaths are easily broken. (Japanese) Vain oaths are the Devil’s own language....

VOWS AND OATHS. With the vow to accomplish something, a person dedicates himself to the task wholly. Whoever takes an oath to accomplish something is required to answer for it, for he has named himself or some one of his belongings as a pledge of his...

Object-oriented Abstract Type Hierarchy (OATH) is a class library for C++ from Texas Instruments. This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the...

A videotaped pledge of allegiance to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden by seven men accused of plotting terror attacks on U.S. soil was played Thursday for jurors, who saw each man repeat the oath, give his name and then break into applause.The oath was led...

Kevin Sheekey appears in the Michael Bloomberg deposition taken last Thursday in New York City, although he's never mentioned by name--only by his nickname, deputy mayor for running for president. Here's the exchange between Bloomberg and the lawyers: Q Before May 15,...

Former presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer reminded Washington on Monday why he was considered one of the city's most unshakable spinmasters.As calm on the witness stand as he ever was at the White House briefing lectern, Fleischer deftly deflected questions from defense attorneys. It was almost...

Jurors on Monday heard a Florida doctor pledging his support to an FBI agent posing as an al-Qaida recruiter in tapes made secretly as part of a terrorism investigation.The oath occurred in a Bronx apartment as FBI Agent Ali Soufan sought to learn whether the...