What is the test for taking an oath of allegiance in a civil or criminal case?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Jerry C. (In re Jerry C.), A138798 (Cal. App. 2014):

Typically, in both civil and criminal cases, an oath is "administered by obtaining an affirmative response to one of the following questions: [] (1) 'Do you solemnly state that the evidence you shall give in this issue (or matter) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?' [] [or] (2) 'Do you solemnly state, under penalty of perjury, that the evidence that you shall give in this issue (or matter) shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?' " (Code Civ. Proc., 2094, subd. (a); People v. O'Connor (1941) 44 Cal.App.2d 301, 304.) Alternatively, "the court

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