So called because the witness when he swears lays his right hand on the holy evangelists, or New Testament.
·adj Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. II. Corporal ·adj ·Alt. of <<Corporale>>. III. Cor...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onanism: the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what ...
A solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut. 6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A solemn affirmation or denial of anything, before a person authorized to administer the same, for d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The principle on which an oath is held to be binding is incidentally laid down in (Hebrews 6:16) viz...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
In a ship of war was, under the master-at-arms, employed to teach the sailors the use of small arms;...
Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only, as being the big...