Look up: perjury

1. perjury
   willful FALSE statement unlawful act 
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2. perjury
   [n] - criminal offense of making false statements under oath
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3. Perjury
   Giving false evidence in court (lying under oath) or giving evidence that you believe to be untrue, (even if it subsequently turns out to be true). Perjury is a criminal offence punishable by a fine or up to 7 years in prison. Perjury can also be committed in a tribunal or any forum where the person...
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4. perjury
   The offence of deliberately making a false statement on oath (or noun ; plural Perjuries . [ Latin perjurium . See Perjure , v. ] 1. False swearing. 2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the is...
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5. perjury
   bearing false witness noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
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6. Perjury
   • (v.) 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. • (v.) False swearing.
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7. perjury
   in law, the giving of false testimony under oath on an issue or point of inquiry regarded as material.[1 related articles]
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8. perjury
   perjury 1. A criminal offense of making false statements under oath. 2. The telling of a lie after having taken an oath to tell the truth, usually in a court of law. 3. Etymology: from 1387, 'act of swearing to a statement known to be false', via Anglo-French parjurie (1292) and Old French parjuri...
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9. perjury
   perjury (pûr'jurē) , in criminal law, the act of willfully and knowingly stating a falsehood under oath or under affirmation in judicial or administrative proceedings. If the person accused of perjury had any probable cause for his belief that the statement he made was true, then he i...
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10. Perjury
    When a person, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the U.S. authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him su...
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11. Perjury
    It is a crime of giving a false information or statement which was testified under the oath, either in writing or orally pertaining to an important official proceedings whose result may be influenced by these intentional declarations. A perjuror may commit this crime in court of law or other adminis...
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12. perjury
    n. the crime of intentionally lying after being duly sworn (to tell the truth) by a notary public, court clerk or other official. This false statement may be made in testimony in court, administrative hearings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, as well as by signing or acknowledging a written...
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13. perjury
    The offence of deliberately making a false statement on oath (or affirmation) when appearing as a witness in legal proceedings, on a point material to the question at issue. In Britain and the USA it is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both
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14. perjury
    willfully lying under oath before a competent tribunal, about a point pertinent to a legal inquiry.
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15. Perjury
    `Perjury`, also known as `forswearing`, is the willful act of swearing a false oath or publisher=FreeAdvice |date=2008-12 |url=http://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/white_collar_crimes/perjury.htm |accessdate=2009-03-02 -->--> That is, the witness falsely promises to tell the truth about matters which ...
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