Abjure

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To renounce by oath.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To renounce or abandon, by or upon oath. See Abjuration. "The decision of this court in Arthur v. Broadnax, 3 Ala. 557, affirms that if the husband has abjured the state, and remains abroad, the wife, meanwhile trading as a feme sole, could recover on a note which was giveh to her as such. We must consider the term 'abjure,' as there used, as implying a total abandonment of the state; a departure from the state without the intention of returning, and not a renunciation of one's country, upon an oath of perpetual banishment, as the term originally implied." Mead v. Hughes, 15 Ala. 148, 1 Am. Rep. 123.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

l, Abjure, In old English law. To renounce or abandon by or upo Vi oath.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To renounce, or abandon, by or upon oath. See ABJURATION. "The decision of this court in Arthur v. Broadnax, 3 Ala. 557, affirms that if the husband has abjured the state, and remains abroad, the wife, meanwhile trading as a feme sole, could recover on a note which was given to her as such. We must consider the term 'abjure,' as there used, as implying a total abandonment of the state; a departure from the state without the intention of returning, and not a renunciation of one's country, upon an oath of perpetual banishment, as the term originally implied." 15 Ala. 148.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat. abjurare; L. Fr. forjurer.] To renounce, or abandon, by, or upon oatn. See Abjurare, Abjuration.