perjury definition

perjury

Criminal offense of knowingly giving false or misleading oral or written evidence under oath, punishable with imprisonment and/or fine. Making a false assertion in a statutory declaration, or in accounting or financial statements, may also be considered perjury.

perjury is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

perjury appears in the definitions of the following terms: subornation, circumstantial evidence, oath, suborn and statute of frauds

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