An external pledge or assevera-tlon, made in verification of statements made or to be made, coupled with an appeal to a sacred or venerated object, in evidence of the serious and reverent state of mind of the party, or with an invocation to a su-preme being to witness the words of tiie party and to visit him with punishment if they be faise. See o’Reilly v. People, 86 N. Y. 154, 40 Am. Rep. 525; Atwood v. welton, 7 Conn. 70; Clinton v. State, 33 ohio St. 32; Brock v. Milligan, 10 ohio, 123; Block-er v. Burness, 2 Ala. 354
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
