Title 12, Title 12: Court Procedure

§ 5806. Oath to be administered to officer attending grand jury You solemnly swear that, as officer of the grand jury, you will keep their counsel and that of the State, and that you will not disclose anything relative to their proceedings. So help you God.

§ 5807. Oath to be administered to officer taking charge of jury in Superior Court You solemnly swear that, during the present term of this court, when you take charge of the jury impaneled for the trial of any cause, you will, after they have been charged by the court, keep them…

§ 5808. Oath to be administered to officer taking charge of jury in criminal cause, during a recess of the court You solemnly swear that you will keep together the persons composing this jury during any recess of the court, until they return into court, and that, in the meantime,…

§ 5810. Oath to be administered to witnesses You solemnly swear that the evidence you shall give, relative to the cause now under consideration, shall be the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you God.

§ 5811. Oath to be administered to interpreter of testimony You solemnly swear that you will justly, truly, and impartially interpret to A. B. the oath about to be administered to him or her, and the testimony he or she shall give relative to the cause now under consideration. So…

§ 5812. Oath to be administered to attorneys You solemnly swear (affirm) that you will do no falsehood, nor consent that any be done in court, and if you know of any, you will give knowledge thereof to the judges of the court or some of them, that it may be reformed; that you wil…

§ 5813. Oath to be administered to officials, committees, etc The form of oath to be administered to persons appointed in pursuance of the provisions of law, to perform any duty or execute any office, commission, or trust whatever, where an oath is required, and a specific form i…

§ 5851. Affirmation In the administration of an oath, the word “swear” may be omitted, and the word “affirm” substituted, when the person to whom the obligation is administered is religiously scrupulous of swearing, or taking an oath in the prescribed form; and, in such case, the…

§ 5852. Oaths of office; by whom administered When other provision is not made by law, oaths of office may be administered by any Justice of the Supreme Court, Superior judge, assistant judge, justice of the peace, notary public, or the presiding officer, secretary, or clerk of e…

§ 5853. By clerks of courts, referees, etc Clerks and registers of courts, committees of the General Assembly, and referees, auditors, commissioners, special masters, and committees appointed by a court of law may administer oaths necessary to be taken for the establishment of tr…

§ 5854. Oaths, administering by court clerks, justices, notaries, etc.; certification The Clerk of the Supreme Court, county clerks, justices of the peace, judges and registers of probate, judges and clerks of the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, notaries public and maste…

§ 5855. Oaths and acknowledgments by members of the U.S. Armed Forces Whenever an oath of office, oath to an affidavit, deposition, or other written instrument or an acknowledgment of a deed, lease, conveyance, release, or other written instrument is required for use in or in con…

§ 5856. Storage of judicial oaths The Vermont Supreme Court shall adopt a rule which establishes a procedure for the storage of judicial oaths. (Added 1997, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 37.)