Decisive Oath

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the civil law. Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his adversary, which the adversary was bound to accept, or tender the same proposal back again, otherwise the whole was taken as confessed by him. Code, 4. 1. 12.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Civil Law) An oath upon which the cause rested where a party elected to leave the issue to the oath of his adversary.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civll law. Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his adversary, which the adversary was hound to accept or tender the same proposui back again, otherwise the whole was taken as confessed by him. Cod. 4, 1, 12.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law, Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the cept, or tender the same proposal back again, otherwise the whole was taken as confessed by him. Cod. 4, 1, 12,