Oath. In certain cases, an oath would clear a person, Exodus xxii. 11. Solomon prays that perjury may be disclosed. --- Altar. It was customary to touch the altar, when a person took an oath, as Hannibal did. K. Latinus says; Tango aras mediosque ignes et Numina testor---

Nulla dies pacem hanc Italis nec f\'9cdera rumpet. (Virgil, \'c6neid xii. 201.)

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