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swear out en · VERB
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(transitive) To obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts.
I've sworn out a complaint against you.
He further testified that he assistant city solicitor […] submitted to him a written opinion, to the effect that the playing of baseball within the city on Sunday did not constitute any infraction of the laws […] , and that, in reliance upon this opinion, he declined to swear out informations against the managers or players, or institute any criminal proceedings against them.
1913 December 13, Byron W. Preston, opinion, State v. Roth et al., reprinted in, 1914, Northwestern Reporter, volume 144, pages 342–343 http://google.com/books?id=fik8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA343&dq=swear-out
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