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To '''''adjure''''' is to solemnly command, with legitimate authority, a person who is under [[oath]] to comply; often, in a court of law, to bind, urge, compel, under threat of serious legal penalty or curse, truthful testimony, without distortion or concealment. The act of lawfully adjuring is called '''adjuration'''.
In the [[United States of America|U.S.A.]] up until near the end of the 20th century, witnesses in a court of law would be instructed to place their left hand on a [[Bible]], raise their right hand, and solemnly [[Swearing in|swear]] to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, "so help me, God." This was an [[oath]], calling upon God Almighty to bear witness to the truthfulness or falsity ([[perjury]]) of the testimony and to punish the false witness who lied or who withheld vitally relevant information.
This has ancient precedent in the [[Torah|Law]] of [[Moses]] in the [[Ten Commandments]], Exodus 20:16: "'''Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor'''", and in the injunction to not deceive the judges set in judgment over the people, Exodus 23:1-3; Deuteronomy 16:18-20; 19:15-21; 27:19, 26.
Legal [[casuistry]] by [[liberal]]s and [[atheist]]s, in particular the [[ACLU]], has persuaded the [[Supreme Court]] to rule against the use of the Bible and any requirement of swearing to tell the truth by invoking the help of God in any court of law. [[Hostile witness]]es are adjured to avoid the [[secular]] penalties for [[perjury]] whenever they are solemnly reminded by the court that they are "under oath". The very real danger of a divine punishment inflicted by the curse of God for daring to [[lie]] under oath is not considered relevant or practical.
The most famous case in history is recorded in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]], the documented occasion of the informal preliminary hearing by the high priest, the scribes and the elders of Israel solemnly assembled together to hear for themselves relevant [[testimony]], when [[Jesus Christ]] the Son of God is adjured by the high priest of Israel: <br>"And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what ''is it which'' these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, '''I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God'''." Matthew 26:62-63 [[King James Bible|King James Version]] (''boldface emphasis added).
==See also==
[[Jurisprudence]]
[[Law]]
[[Justice]]
[[Deceit]]
[[Hypocrisy]]
[[Atheism and deception]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/adjure '''adjure''' (thefreedictionary.com)]
[[category:Law]]
[[category:Bible]]
In the [[United States of America|U.S.A.]] up until near the end of the 20th century, witnesses in a court of law would be instructed to place their left hand on a [[Bible]], raise their right hand, and solemnly [[Swearing in|swear]] to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, "so help me, God." This was an [[oath]], calling upon God Almighty to bear witness to the truthfulness or falsity ([[perjury]]) of the testimony and to punish the false witness who lied or who withheld vitally relevant information.
This has ancient precedent in the [[Torah|Law]] of [[Moses]] in the [[Ten Commandments]], Exodus 20:16: "'''Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor'''", and in the injunction to not deceive the judges set in judgment over the people, Exodus 23:1-3; Deuteronomy 16:18-20; 19:15-21; 27:19, 26.
Legal [[casuistry]] by [[liberal]]s and [[atheist]]s, in particular the [[ACLU]], has persuaded the [[Supreme Court]] to rule against the use of the Bible and any requirement of swearing to tell the truth by invoking the help of God in any court of law. [[Hostile witness]]es are adjured to avoid the [[secular]] penalties for [[perjury]] whenever they are solemnly reminded by the court that they are "under oath". The very real danger of a divine punishment inflicted by the curse of God for daring to [[lie]] under oath is not considered relevant or practical.
The most famous case in history is recorded in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]], the documented occasion of the informal preliminary hearing by the high priest, the scribes and the elders of Israel solemnly assembled together to hear for themselves relevant [[testimony]], when [[Jesus Christ]] the Son of God is adjured by the high priest of Israel: <br>"And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what ''is it which'' these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, '''I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God'''." Matthew 26:62-63 [[King James Bible|King James Version]] (''boldface emphasis added).
==See also==
[[Jurisprudence]]
[[Law]]
[[Justice]]
[[Deceit]]
[[Hypocrisy]]
[[Atheism and deception]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/adjure '''adjure''' (thefreedictionary.com)]
[[category:Law]]
[[category:Bible]]