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per·ju·ry /'pər-jə-rē/ n pl -ries [Anglo-French perjurie parjurie, from Latin perjurium, from perjurus deliberately giving false testimony, from per- detrimental to + jur- jus law]: the act or crime of knowingly making a false statement (as about a material matter) while under oath or bound by an affirmation or other officially prescribed declaration that what one says, writes, or claims is true compare false swearing
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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act of oath-breaking, distortion of the truth, false statement, false swearing, falsehood, falseness, falsification, intentional misstatement, invention of lies, misrepresentation, misstatement, periurium, perversion of truth, prevarication, untruth, violation of an oath, willful distortion of the truth, willful falsehood, willful telling of a falsehood, willful telling of a lie
associated concepts: subornation of perjury
foreign phrases:
- Lex punit mendacium. — The law punishes mendacity- Perjuri sunt qui servatis verbis juramenti dedpiunt aures eorum qui accipiunt. — They are perjured, who, preserving the words of an oath, deceive the ears of those who receive it- Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit peijurium. — A foolish oath, although false, does not give rise to perjury- Qui non libere veritatem pronunciat proditor est veritatis. — He who does not freely speak the truth is a betrayer of the truthII index deceit, dishonesty, falsification, fiction, hypocrisy, misstatement, subreption
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.The crime of intentionally lying under oath during a judicial proceeding, such as at trial.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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false swearing. The crime of judicial affirmation of falsehood upon oath or affirmation equivalent to oath. There needs to be a denial of what is true or an assertion of what is false. The statements complained of must be pertinent to the issue that was originally being tried.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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The crime of intentionally lying after being duly sworn to tell the truth by a notary public, court clerk, or other official. This false statement may be made in testimony in court, administrative hearings, depositions, or answers to interrogatories, as well as by signing or acknowledging a written legal document (such as an affidavit, declaration under penalty of perjury, deed, license application, or tax return) known to contain false information.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The criminal offense of making false statements under oath, especially in a legal document or during a legal proceeding.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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A crime that occurs when an individual willfully makes a false statement during a judicial proceeding, after he or she has taken an oath to speak the truth.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A crime that occurs when an individual willfully makes a false statement during a judicial proceeding, after he or she has taken an oath to speak the truth.II The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.the crime of intentionally lying after being duly sworn (to tell the truth) by a notary public, court clerk or other official. This false statement may be made in testimony in court, administrative hearings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, as well as by signing or acknowledging a written legal document (such as affidavit, declaration under penalty of perjury, deed, license application, tax return) known to contain false information. Although it is a crime, prosecutions for perjury are rare, because a defendant will argue he/she merely made a mistake or misunderstood.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
