3. those who commit perjury are often motivated by a desire to protect themselves or others from legal consequences, or to obtain an advantage in legal proceedings.4. Perjury can have significant consequences fo
Lawthe willful telling of a lie or lies after having sworn under oath not to do so, esp. in a trial or other legal proceeding. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 per•ju•ry(pûr′jə rē),USA pronunciationn., pl.-ries.[Law.] ...
98. If prior notice and an opportunity of hearing are to be given to an accused in every criminal case before taking any action against him, such a procedure would frustrate the proceedings, obstruct the taking of prompt action as law demands, defeat the ends of justice and...
135). In the early stages of legal history perjury seems to have been regarded rather as a sin than as a crime, and so subject only to supernatural penalties. The injury caused by a false oath was supposed to be done not so much to society as to the Divine Being in whose name the ...
Perjury, in law, the giving of false testimony under oath on an issue or point of inquiry regarded as material. Both traditional and modern legal systems have provisions for taking testimony under oath and mandate penalties for giving false testimony. Is
at issue has to bematerial.The term is used in general speech to mean of great consequence, but under the Penal Code it has a slightly different meaning. Whether a statement is material for perjury charges depends on the potential effect of the statement on the outcome of the proceedings ...
In legal usage, perjury was first the offence of jurors in giving a wilfully false verdict, they being sworn to give a true verdict according to their knowledge; as an offence of witnesses it was apparently gradually evolved in connexion with the change in the nature of Trial by jury (q....
The guilty plea came a day after George Zimmerman's attorneys revealed that they want the state of Florida to reimburse up to $300,000 in legal costs for their successful defense in the murder trial. Zimmerman was acquitted in July of second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting of Martin. ...
the willful giving of false testimony under oath, esp. in a legal inquiry. [1250–1300; Middle Englishperjurie< Anglo-French < Latinperjūrium=perjūr(us)swearing falsely (seeperjure) +-ium-ium1] per•ju•ri•ous(pərˈdʒʊər i əs)adj. ...
Legal Financial Wikipedia Related to perjury:Suborning Perjury perjury Criminal lawthe offence committed by a witness in judicial proceedings who, having been lawfully sworn or having affirmed, wilfully gives false evidence Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 ...