About The Word Perjury
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Perjury
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What's The Definition Of Perjury?
[n] criminal offense of making false statements under oath
Synonyms | Synonyms for Perjury: bearing false witness | lying under oath Related Terms | Find terms related to Perjury: artfulness | coloring | confabulation | craftiness | credibility gap | deceitfulness | disingenuousness | distortion | equivocation | exaggeration | false coloring | false swearing | falseheartedness | falsification | falsifying | forswearing | fraud | insincerity | intrigue | lying | mendaciousness | mendacity | miscoloring | misconstruction | misrepresentation | misstatement | perversion | prevarication | sharp practice | straining | uncandidness | uncandor | unfrankness | unsincereness | untruthfulness See Also | infraction | infringement | misdemeanor | misdemeanour | offence | offense | violation Perjury In Webster's Dictionary \Per"ju*ry\, n.; pl. {Perjuries}. [L. perjurium. See
{Perjure}, v.]
1. False swearing.
2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact
material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a
competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of
perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false
affirmations.
Note: If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is
made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the
United States.
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