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unsworn

a. (context chiefly legal English) Not swear

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unsworn

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unsworn

adj. not bound by or stated on oath; "the witness stands unsworn"; "unsworn testimony" [ant: sworn]

Usage examples of "unsworn".

You may, however, make a statement either sworn or unsworn and present anything you may desire, either in defense, extenuation, or mitigation.

In addition, you may, if you wish, make an unsworn statement in mitigation or extenuation of the offense of which you stand convicted.

We have finally eliminated the unsworn statement law in Georgia -- the last state to do it.

My heart feels and cries out that something ought to be analyzed, not just about the structure of government, judicial qualification councils and judicial appointment committees and eliminating the unsworn statement -- those things are important.

House of Rannath will not forbid any free and unsworn man to give you his service.

He was using power in a way he would never have dared when unsworn souls were few and even slaves had basic protections but, with nothing to stand in the way of his feeding, he saw no reason to hold back.

For the first hundred years after the conquest, while the pantheon settled, the unsworn were easy to find and he had risen in power-which he discovered he desired much more than revenge-and the cult of Akhekh had grown strong.

I think that perhaps I may be forgiven for opening his record to unsworn eyes.

The Hay clansmen would be fighting against unknowing, unsworn Templars, for Niall, with his help, had trained them well.

But because his testimony was unsworn, there was no transcript and no recording made.

This unsworn statement is not evidence, and you cannot be cross-examined upon it, but the prosecution may offer evidence to rebut anything contained in the statement.

The students, unsworn, with minimal teaching, stumbled in the darkness, ignorant of why the monks neither allowed nor required light.

Normally the clan forge was kept busy through the night, and although Brog Widdie, master smith and exiled Dhoonesman, would allow no man without an oath to work with hot iron, unsworn smiths and wireworkers would be busy socketing arrowheads and riveting coats of mail.

All clansmen, sworn and unsworn, were gathered close around the Great Hearth, chanting the old songs.

Or that the Apothecary serves by warrant of the Constable, whereas the Barber is a wholly informal and unsworn position?