abjuration of allegiance

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• abjuration — I verb abandonment, defection, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disownment, forswearing, recall, recantation, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, retraction, revocation, revokement… …   Law dictionary

• Abjuration — Ab ju*ra tion, n. [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.] 1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abjuration — For the Dungeons and Dragons Spell School, see Magic of Dungeons Dragons#Arcane magic. Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. (It …   Wikipedia

• Oath of abjuration — Abjuration Ab ju*ra tion, n. [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.] 1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Act of Abjuration — First page of the Act of Abjuration The Act of Abjuration or Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, signed on 26 July 1581, was the formal declaration of independence of the Dutch Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II. This act followed the Union of… …   Wikipedia

• Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom) — King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede …   Wikipedia

• Oath of Allegiance (Ireland) — The Irish Oath of Allegiance was a controversial provision in the Anglo Irish Treaty of 1921, which Irish TDs (members of the Irish parliament) and Senators were required to take, in order to take their seats in Dáil Éireann (The Chamber of… …   Wikipedia

• Oath of Abjuration — noun An oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of , the …   Wiktionary

• English post-Reformation oaths — The English Protestant Reformation was imposed by the English Crown, and submission to its essential points was exacted by the State with post Reformation oaths. With some solemnity, by oath, test, or formal declaration, English churchmen and… …   Wikipedia

• English Post-Reformation Oaths —     English Post Reformation Oaths     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► English Post Reformation Oaths     The English Reformation having been imposed by the Crown, it was natural that submission to the essential points of its formularies should have… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Dutch Revolt — Part of Thirty Years War Prince Maurice at the Battle of Nieuwpoort by Pauwels van Hillegaert. Oil on canvas …   Wikipedia