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imposes an oath in a serious matter, or the parties to animportant onerous contract bind themselves by oath in order tostrengthen their pact. The virtue, but not thevow, of poverty is offended by purely internal acts (e. rom the consummated is the impureact in question, there is always a serious injury done to a great goodor at least (ex Demon, The, 284.

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