perjury
31perjury — n Law. (all under oath) lying, giving false testimony, bearing false witness, forswearing; telling a lie or falsehood, falsehood, mendacity, prevarication; falsification, misstatement, untruthfulness, dishonesty …
32perjury — per·ju·ry …
33perjury — UK [ˈpɜː(r)dʒərɪ] / US [ˈpɜrdʒərɪ] noun [uncountable] legal the crime of lying when you give evidence in a court of law …
34perjury — [ˈpɜːdʒəri] noun [U] legal the crime of lying when you give evidence in a court of law …
35perjury — per•ju•ry [[t]ˈpɜr dʒə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries law the willful giving of false testimony under oath, esp. in a legal inquiry • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME perjurie < AF < L perjūrium=perjūr(us) swearing falsely (see perjure) + ium ium I… …
36perjury — /ˈpɜdʒəri/ (say perjuhree) noun (plural perjuries) Law the offence of intentionally giving false evidence in judicial proceedings. {Middle English, from Anglo French perjurie, from Latin perjūrium} …
37perjury — Hō ike wahahe e, ho ohiki wahahe e, hō ike ho opunipuni, ho opilimea ai, pilimea ai …
38perjury — see JUST …
39perjury — n. (pl. ies) Law 1 a breach of an oath, esp. the act of wilfully telling an untruth when on oath. 2 the practice of this. Derivatives: perjurious adj. Etymology: ME f. AF perjurie f. OF parjurie f. L perjurium (as PERJURE) …
40subornation of perjury — The crime of encouraging, inducing, or assisting another in the commission of perjury, which is knowingly telling an untruth under oath. Example: Lawyer Frank is interviewing a witness in an accident case who says that Frank s client was… …
