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Atheist

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One who denies or does not believe in the existence of a God. Such persons are, at common law, incapable of giving testimony under oath, and are therefore, incompetent witnesses; but the disability is now largely removed.

See Witness.