SO HELP ME GOD

so help me God. The final words of the common oath. • The phrase is a translation, with a change to first person, of the Latin phrase ita te Deus adjuvet “so help you God.” See ITA TE DEUS ADJUVET. [Cases: Oath 5; Witnesses 227. C.J.S. Oaths and Affirmations §§ 4, 8–13; Witnesses § 394.]