sworn testimony
The committee has begun taking sworn statements from people involved in this matter.
English dictionary. 2014.
Sworn — Sworn, p. p. of {Swear}. [1913 Webster] {Sworn brothers}, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. {Sworn enemies}, determined or irreconcilable enemies. {Sworn friends},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sworn — Allgemeine Informationen … Deutsch Wikipedia
sworn — UK US /swɔːn/ adjective [before noun] LAW ► formally and officially stated to be true: »Investigators took sworn statements from a number of employees … Financial and business terms
sworn — past participle of SWEAR(Cf. ↑swearer). ► ADJECTIVE 1) given under oath. 2) determined to remain the specified thing: sworn enemies … English terms dictionary
sworn — [swôrn] vi., vt. pp. of SWEAR adj. bound, pledged, promised, etc. by or as by an oath … English World dictionary
sworn — index agreed (promised) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sworn — sworn1 [ swɔrn ] adjective 1. ) made or given by someone who promises that everything they are going to say is true: sworn testimony The committee has begun taking sworn statements from people involved in this matter. 2. ) sworn enemies or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sworn — [[t]swɔ͟ː(r)n[/t]] 1) Sworn is the past participle of swear. 2) ADJ: ADJ n If you make a sworn statement or declaration, you swear that everything that you have said in it is true. The allegations against them were made in sworn evidence to the… … English dictionary
sworn — sworn1 [swo:n US swo:rn] the past participle of ↑swear sworn 2 sworn2 adj 1.) sworn enemies two people or groups of people who will always hate each other 2.) sworn statement/evidence/testimony etc a statement etc that someone makes after… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sworn — man·sworn; sworn; un·sworn; … English syllables
