perjury : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perjury	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perjury n criminal offense of making false statements under oath Synonym(s): perjury, bearing false witness, lying under oath
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perjury \Per"jury\, n.; pl. {Perjuries}. [L. perjurium. See {Perjure}, v.] 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. Note: If a man swear falsely in nonjudicial affidavits, it is made perjury by statute in some jurisdictions in the United States.