false statement

false statement
false statement n: a statement that is known or believed by its maker to be incorrect or untrue and is made esp. with intent to deceive or mislead
submitted a false statement to obtain the loan; also: the federal crime of concealing a material fact, making a false statement, or using documents known to be falsified see also exculpatory no doctrine compare perjury

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

false statement
index canard, falsehood, fiction, libel, lie, misrepresentation, misstatement, perjury, story (falsehood)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


false statement
n.
A statement made by someone who knows it is false or who makes it recklessly without honestly believing it to be true, intending it to deceive.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


false statement
n. An intentionally untrue statement made to mislead.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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