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Webster 1913 Edition

Perjury

Per′ju-ry

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Noun.
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pl.
Perjuries
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[L.
perjurium
. See
Perjure
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Verb.
]
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.
☞ If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the United States.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perjury

PER'JURY

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Noun.
[L. perjurium.] The act or crime of willfully making a false oath, when lawfully administered; or a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears willfully, absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue.

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