CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLE - Black's Law Dictionary

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A conscientious scruple  against  taking  an oath, serving  as a juror in a capital case,  doing  military duty,  or the like, is an objection or repugnance growing out of the fact that the person  believes the thing demanded of him to be morally wrong, his conscience being the  sole  guide to his  decision; it is thus distinguished from an "objection on principle," which  is dictated  by the reason  and judgment, rather than the moral  sense, and may relate  only to the propriety or expediency of the  thing in question. People v. Stewart, 7 Cal. 143.

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