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Definition of Outsworn
1. outswear [v] - See also: outswear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsworn
Literary usage of Outsworn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Superstition and Force: Essays on the Wager of Law--the Wager of Battle--the by Henry Charles Lea (1878)
"... unless his master would release him by an oath.1 Occasionally it was also
resorted to when the accused was outsworn, after having endeavored to defend ..."
2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"In the Laws of Alfred, 33, we read of an t*th in four churches outsworn by an
oath in twelve. 9 See eg Northumberland Assize Bolls, p. ..."
3. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"In the Laws of Alfred, 33, we read of an oath in four churches outsworn by an
oath in twelve. s See eg Northumberland Assize Bolls, p. ..."
4. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"This unexpected outbreak was followed by a profound silence; and Thurlow, feeling
some respect for one \)y whom he had been outsworn, behaved civilly to him ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"... finding himself outsworn by the hoary-headed old statesman, desisted from
bandying oaths with him on the subject. ..."
6. George Borrow and His Circle: Wherein May be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished by Clement King Shorter (1913)
"... place and he had a clan about him, and if I had had him up I have no doubt I
should have been outsworn. I, however, have met one fine, noble old fellow. ..."
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