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Definition of Perjury
Perjury

False swearing.

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.

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Perjury Quotations

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable - in this world, at least, if not the next.
James L. Buckley

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
Barbara Olson

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.
Joseph Butler

There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
Kenneth Starr

No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
Nancy Johnson

Perjury Translations

perjury in French is parjure
perjury in German is Meineid, Meineid, Eidbruch
perjury in Latin is periurium
perjury in Spanish is perjurio
perjury in Swedish is mened


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