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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 11-2 (2026)

Administration of oaths

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Judges and other persons who may be empowered to administer oaths, shall (except in the cases in this Chapter excepted) require the party to be sworn to lay his hand upon the Holy Scriptures, in token of his engagement to speak the truth and in further token that, if he should swerve from the truth, he may be justly deprived of all the blessings of that holy book and made liable to that vengeance which he has imprecated on his own head. (1777, c. 108, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 76, s. 1; Code, s. 3309; Rev., s. 2354; C.S., s. 3189; 1941,  c. 11; 1971, c. 381, s. 9; 1985, c. 756, s. 2.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2010 · leading case: Am. Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, Inc. v. State, 639 S.E.2d 136 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007).
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Am. Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, Inc. v. State, 639 S.E.2d 136 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 17× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 11-2 . ACLU-NC sought a declaratory judgment that the term “Holy Scriptures” appearing in the statute refers not only to the Christian Bible, but also to other religious texts including, but not limited to, the Quran, the Old Testament, and the Bhagavad-Gita.”
Scheerer v. Fisher, 688 S.E.2d 472 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). “The order of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs’ claims must be reversed.”
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 11-2(7): 1 case
Scheerer v. Fisher, 688 S.E.2d 472 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). “The order of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs’ claims must be reversed.”
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