Glossary

A B C D E F H I J L M N O P R S T U W

Sentence

Service, Serve

Settlement out of court

Swearing in

Definition

Swearing in

Asking a person to promise to tell the truth before signing a legal document or being a witness in court.

For example, a court clerk swears in a witness by making him promise that he will “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.”