Counterswear

Quick meaning: Counterswear is a verb meaning (transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against.

Meaning

(transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against.

Example Sentences

If the defendant denied entirely or only partially, his own oath was conclusive on the point, unless the plaintiff counterswore.

One of the Irish triads stated that the oath of a woman in childbirth was one of the three oaths that could not be countersworn.

Word Forms

• counterswears
• counterswearing
• counterswore
• countersworn

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forswear, foreswear, counter, counterwork, countersue, overswear.

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