Meaning of PERJURY
| Pronunciation: | | 'purjuree
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] criminal offense of making false statements under oath |
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| | Synonyms: | | bearing false witness, lying under oath |
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| | See Also: | | infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offense, violation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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