Most if not all courts do not require the words "So help me God" to be spoken by witnesses when taking the oath.
December 21st 2012
No. Perjury is defined as "the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation." Meaning to commit perjury you must be under oath in a court of law.
No. Napoleon was 19 at the time. He didn't have any soldiers.
Jacques did not paint the Tennis Court Oath, it was David
the oath was made in a tennis court
Yes. There are no rules exempting anyone from being sworn in (taking an oath) to tell the truth in court.
An oath called the Tennis Court Oath--named this because the deputies were locked out of the National assembly by the King and were forced to reconvene in the near by tennis court (actually a hand ball court, but they called it a tennis court).
That was the date that the Tennis Court Oath was taken by the representatives of the Third Estate.
The tennis court oath took place on an indoor tennis court in Versailles France
The oath can only be given/taken in English. The only portion of the oath that can be changed omitted is the "So help me God" to include people of other faiths and the lack therof.
Lying under oath in a civil court is perjury. It is punishable by law.
Yes, as the judge needs to ask you under oath.