Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The crime of willfully and knowingly making a false statement about a material fact while under oath.
- noun An act of committing such a crime.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The violation of any oath, vow, or solemn affirmation; specifically, in law, the wilful utterance of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- noun Synonyms See
perjure .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun False swearing.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The
deliberate giving offalse ormisleading testimony underoath .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun criminal offense of making false statements under oath
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"We need to determine the timing of the drug test and what was found in his system to understand whether perjury is an issue here."
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“So you may wish to reconsider your testimony,” Giles told her, “remembering that lying to the court is called perjury and is a crime for which you can be prosecuted.”
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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I know that perjury is a threat to the republic bad but torture is ok.
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives’ Unhinged Attacks on Nancy Pelosi 2009
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In any case, I think the lies from above that perjury is not a felony has been demolished.
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In any case, I think the lies from above that perjury is not a felony has been demolished.
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“So you may wish to reconsider your testimony,” Giles told her, “remembering that lying to the court is called perjury and is a crime for which you can be prosecuted.”
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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Please quote the statement that perjury is not a felony.
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(That was the time when the juror heard Mr. Saunders say the word perjury and she had to represent to the judge that she could disregard having heard that word ....)
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(That was the time when the juror heard Mr. Saunders say the word perjury and she had to represent to the judge that she could disregard having heard that word ....)
Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Trial: A Possible Mistrial As Jury Sent Home 2010
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But Congressional investigations of baseball stars have longer news cycles in Washington than the latest trade-imbalance reports, and perjury is not trivial.
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