What does counterswear mean?
Counterswear means (transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against..
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.
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Counterswear means (transitive) To swear against; to take one's oath against..
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If the defendant denied entirely or only partially, his own oath was conclusive on the point, unless the plaintiff counterswore.
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