Juramentum Necessarium
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. A necessary (compulsory) oath. A statement under oath which might be required of a party on his adversary agreeing to be bound thereby.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Civil Law) A necessary oath, required of a party to an action, binding on the other party.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Roman law. A compulsory oath. <A disclosure under oath, which the pretor compelled one of the parties to a suit to make, when the other, applying for such an appeal, agreed to abide by what his adversary should swear. 1 Whart. Ev. § 458; Dig. 12, 2, 5, 2.