perjury

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The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath

We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 22, 2005, at Seattle, Washington.

a solemn assertion of a falsity
{n} a forswearing, one's self
Telling a lie under oath
False swearing
Giving false evidence or information while under oath Personal Auto Policy Insurance policy issued to individuals covering risks arising out of the ownership or operation of a licensed automobile Personal Effects Floater A policy covering personal effects usually carried by tourists Can be all risk or specified peril form Covers worldwide but excludes coverage at the insured's residence Personal Injury Liability Injury other than bodily injury arising out of defined causes which usually include false arrest or detention, malicious prosecution, wrongful entry or eviction, libel or slander or violation of a person's right to privacy other than in the course of advertising, broadcasting, television, publishing
If someone who is giving evidence in a court of law commits perjury, they lie. This witness has committed perjury and no reliance can be placed on her evidence. the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law, or a lie told in this way. In law, act or crime of knowingly making a false statement while under oath. The statement must be material to the issue of inquiry. Perjuries that have the effect of obstructing the adjudication of a case may be given increased punishment for that reason. A person who makes a false statement and later corrects it is usually not considered to have committed perjury
A person knowingly makes a false statement while under oath
The common law crime committed by a witness deliberately failing to tell the truth or lying in court
­ The act of testifying falsely under oath An intentional lie as to a matter of fact, belief, opinion, or knowledge, given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit The legal offense of deliberately testifying falsely under oath about a material fact
The offense of willfully making a false statement when one is under oath to tell the truth
The act of lying under oath
1 The criminal offense of making false statements under oath In common law, only a willful and corrupt sworn statement made without sincere belief in it truth, and made in a judicial proceeding regarding a material matter, was perjury Today, statutes have broadened the offense so that in some jurisdictions any false swearing in a legal instrument or legal setting is perjury
{i} act of lying under oath; act of giving false testimony in a court of law
The crime of lying under oath It includes lying during a trial, at a deposition, or in a written affidavit It can be punishable by imprisonment
Making a false statement under oath or affirmation Perjury is a felony punishable by a fine and/or prison term
The wilful utterance of a false statement under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry
The giving of false evidence in any judicial proceedings •Government`s Rights
The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath
By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations
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
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The crime of lying under oath It includes lying during the trial, at a deposition or in a written affidavit It can be punishable by imprisonment
The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath
In criminal law, the willful assertion as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, or in a affidavit, or otherwise, such assertion being material to the issue or point of inquiry and known to such witness to be false
Giving false evidence or information while under oath
Lying while under oath
Taking a false oath, lying under oath, a violation of the honor due to God
The criminal act of making a deliberately false statement while under oath The false statement must be material to the issue at hand
criminal offense of making false statements under oath
commit perjury
give false testimony, lie under oath
perjuries
plural of perjury
subornation of perjury
(law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding; "to prove subordination of perjury you must prove the perjury and also prove that the perjured statement was procured by the accused suborner who knew that it would be false
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