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Definition of Perjuries

Perjuries
Perjury Per"ju*ry, n.; pl. Perjuries. [L. perjurium. See Perjure, v.] 1. False swearing. 2. (Law) 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. Note: If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the United States.

Meaning of Perjuries from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- Look up perjury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Perjury is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth...
- Perjury is the name of an offence under the Criminal Code which is applicable in the Southern states of Nigeria. The offence of false evidence under the...
- Solomon's Perjury (ソロモンの偽証) is a 2-part 2015 ****anese suspense mystery film directed by Izuru Narushima, based on the novel of the same title by Miyuki...
- In United States criminal law, a perjury trap is a form of prosecutorial strategy, which is sometimes claimed to be prosecutorial misconduct in which...
- In criminal law, police perjury, sometimes euphemistically called "testilying", is the act of a police officer knowingly giving false testimony. It is...
- Solomon's Perjury (Korean: 솔로몬의 위증; RR: Sollomon-ui wijeung) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Kim Hyeon-soo, Jang Dong-yoon, Seo Ji-hoon...
- declaration (also called a sworn statement or a statement under penalty of perjury) is a do****ent that recites facts pertinent to a legal proceeding. It is...
- with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives...