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1. Perjury: The violation of an oath or solemn promise; solemn assertion of a falsity. While perjury was regarded as one of the greatest sins (Zech., and the perjurer was not considered worthy to enter the holy places (Ps. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Perjury: Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. However, statements that do not pertain to ... [100%] 2023-02-04
3. Perjury: Perjury, an assertion upon an oath duly administered in a judicial proceeding before a competent court of the truth of some matter of fact, material to the question depending in that proceeding, which assertion the assertor does not believe to ... [100%] 2022-09-02
4. Perjury: Perjury is the criminal offense of knowingly making a false statement under oath about a material fact. Not every falsehood offered as testimony under oath is perjury. [100%] 2023-02-14 [Legal Terms] [Deceit]...
5. Perjury: Perjury is willfully lying under oath, usually in a court of law, but also under certain other specific circumstances, such as testifying before Congress (in the US). The favorite way to avoid perjury in modern times, perfected by Ronald Reagan ... [100%] 2023-12-22 [United States law]
6. Perjury: Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding. Like most other crimes in the ... (Social) [100%] 2023-11-30 [Legal terminology]
7. Perjury: PERJURY pur'-ju-ri. See CRIMES; OATH; PUNISHMENTS. pur'-ju-ri. See CRIMES; OATH; PUNISHMENTS. [100%] 1915-01-01
8. Perjury trap: In United States criminal law, a perjury trap is a form of prosecutorial strategy, which is sometimes claimed to be prosecutorial misconduct in which a prosecutor calls a witness to testify, typically before a grand jury, with the intent of ... (Social) [70%] 2023-11-30 [Legal terminology]
9. Subornation of perjury: In American law, Scots law, and under the laws of some English-speaking Commonwealth nations, subornation of perjury is the crime of persuading or permitting a person to commit perjury, which is the swearing of a false oath to tell ... (Permitting someone purposefully lie in court) [57%] 2023-11-30 [Crimes] [Perjury]...