under oath

idiom

law
: having made a formal promise to tell the truth in a court of law

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Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York at the time, submitted a formal request to the U.K. Home Office to force Andrew to testify under oath, though no official confirmation was ever given about whether his evidence was forthcoming. Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 But until these bent cops began testifying under oath in the Karen Read trial, most citizens weren’t familiar with how, in the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025 Witnesses included other officers who, under oath, broke the code of silence. Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 July 2025 Multiple West Allis Fire Department members were subpoenaed to testify under oath during the hearing, including former Fire Chief Mason Pooler, West Allis Police and Fire Commission President Mark Manthei, and other fire personnel — some of whom were named in the complaint against Scharfenberg. Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for under oath

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“Under oath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20oath. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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