Schwurhand
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The Schwurhand is a traditional hand gesture and heraldic charge that is used in Germanic Europe and neighbouring countries, when swearing an oath in court, in office, or while swearing-in. The right
Elisabeth Kopp's oath of office after her election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1984
Beatrix displays the Spreekgebaar during her inauguration in 1980
Finnish conscripts and women serving voluntary military service swearing the military oath in 2005
Polish military recruits being sworn in
Oath
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Traditionally, an oath is a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who object to making sacred oaths is to give an affirmation ins
Schwurhand
…The Schwurhand (German pronunciation: , "swear-hand"; Dutch: spreekgebaar) is a traditional hand gesture and heraldic charge (depicting the gesture) that is used in Germanic Europe and neighbouring…
"Tennis Court Oath" by Jacques-Louis David
The oath of the provisional triumviral regents of the Empire of Brazil in the Imperial Chapel in 1831, during an era known as the Regency period
Isabel, Princess Imperial takes oath as regent of the Empire of Brazil before the Imperial Senate, c. 1870.
Devarata taking his bhishama pratigya