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perjury

[pur-juh-ree]

noun

Law.

plural

perjuries 
  1. the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.



perjury

/ ˈpɜːdʒərɪ, pɜːˈdʒʊərɪəs /

noun

  1. criminal law the offence committed by a witness in judicial proceedings who, having been lawfully sworn or having affirmed, wilfully gives false evidence

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • perjurious adjective
  • perjuriously adverb
  • perjuriousness noun
  • nonperjury noun
  • ˈܰdzܲ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perjury1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English perjurie, from Anglo-French, from Latin ūܳ, from ū(ܲ) “swearing falsely” ( perjure ) + -ium -ium; replacing parjure, from Old French, from Latin, as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perjury1

C14: from Anglo-French parjurie, from Latin ūܳ a false oath; see perjure
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Last year, Kurz was found guilty of perjury for giving false testimony to a parliamentary committee.

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In 1967, The Times investigated the doings of harbor commissioners, and a grand jury, following up on that, called for indictments of past and present commissioners for perjury and criminal conflicts of interest.

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She has been charged with certifying that address as her own under the penalty of perjury.

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Noting that he had attested to the veracity of his declaration under penalty of perjury, she threw out his entire expert declaration and refused to allow Ellison to file a corrected version.

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But in a plot twist reminiscent of one of his books, Archer withdrew from the race a few months later after it was alleged he had committed perjury in a famous libel case.

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