perjury
11PERJURY — Witnesses are guilty of perjury if it is proved, by the evidence of at least two other competent and consistent witnesses, that they had not been present at the time and at the place where they had testified to have been when the event in issue… …
12perjury — 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 oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath,… …
13perjury — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)ʤəri[/t]] N UNCOUNT If someone who is giving evidence in a court of law commits perjury, they lie. [LEGAL] This witness has committed perjury and no reliance can be placed on her evidence. ...charges of perjury …
14perjury — noun /ˈpɝdʒəɹi/ 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 …
15perjury — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. false swearing, falsehood, perversion, forswearing, fraud. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. false statement, violation of an oath, willful falsehood; see lie 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… …
16perjury — per|ju|ry [ˈpə:dʒəri US ˈpə:r ] n [U] law the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law, or a lie told in this way ▪ Hall was found guilty of perjury …
17perjury — n. to commit perjury …
18perjury — noun (C, U) the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law, or a lie told in this way: Hall was found guilty of perjury …
19perjury — noun she was found guilty of perjury Syn: lying under oath, giving false evidence/testimony, making false statements, willful falsehood …
20perjury — This word (from the Latin perjurare, meaning to swear falsely ) refers to either making a promise under oathwithout intending to keep it, or making a public statement under oath that is contrary to truth. Perjury is a violation of the second… …
