Perjury
['pɜːdʒ(ə)rɪ] or ['pɝdʒəri]
Definition
(noun.) criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
Typist: Portia--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) False swearing.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. False swearing.
Typist: Rebecca
Examples
- It's perjury, you know. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Also the chimney on fire, the parish engine, and perjury on the part of the Beadle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Not many people are scrupulous about smuggling, when, without perjury, they can find an easy and safe opportunity of doing so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Why, I don't exactly know about perjury, my dear sir,' replied the little gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I raly cannot contain myself,' said Mrs. Cluppins, 'when I think of such perjury. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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