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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 65 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABJURATION (from
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Lat. abjurare, to forswear)
  , a solemn repudiation or renunciation on oath . At
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common law, it signified the oath of a person who had taken sanctuary to leave the
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realm for ever; this was abolished in the reign of James I . The Oath of Abjuration, in
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English
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history, was a solemn
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disclaimer, taken by members of parliament, clergy and laymen against the right of the Stuarts to the
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crown, imposed by
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laws of William III., George I. and George III.; but its place has since been taken by the oath of allegiance .

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