Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not sworn. Not bound by an oath; not having taken an oath: as, an unsworn witness.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not sworn
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not bound by or stated on oath
Examples
“At a court hearing on Dec. 15 at Fort Campbell, Ky., Miller submitted an unsworn statement in which he said he fired after Mohammed tried to grab his 9 mm pistol.”
The Washington Post: Md. soldier faces court-martial for death of Afghan civilian
“In unsworn testimony (which is common for defendants in military commissions and not subject to cross-examination), Khadr apologized to Mrs. Speer and to her family for the pain he had caused.”
The Huffington Post: Daphne Eviatar: Judge Hides Evidence of Torture from Gitmo Jury
“Later, he apologized to her in an unsworn statement, a maneuver that allowed him to address the court without having to face questions from the prosecution yet still make his most extensive public comments since his capture.”
The Huffington Post: Omar Khadr Apologizes, Says He's Sorry To War Widow
“Two unsworn witnesses came forward to incriminate Conley.”
“Notice that they conveniently neglect to mention that Rove's statements were unsworn.”
“I am bemused that Metro1 treats the police report in a case like this as if it was dispassionate truth rather than the unsworn testimony of an interested party.”
“Comments suggest some states are different, such statements might be unsworn.”
“But it appears, at least, that some of the sworn (and unsworn, in the case of Cheney) statements of the key players doesn't coincide.”
Marcy Wheeler: Collective Forgetting in the Office of the Vice President
“And like all the Bush scandals of the last six years, it would have languished and disappeared into obfuscation, unsworn testimony, secret testimony without transcripts, and no testimony.”
“The undersigned understands that the statements therein are made subject to the penalties law relating to unsworn falsification to authorities.”
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