Legal Definition and Related Resources of Perjury

while statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in question . While at common law , the offense of perjury could only be committed in a judicial proceeding , in most jurisdictions in modern times, the term has been extended to false testimony given in any deposition or affidavit authorized by law. See criminal Code §125, 18 U.S.C. §231. Also U.S. v Norris, 300 U.S. 564, 57 S.Cl. 535, 81 L.Ed. 808.

Perjury at common law is the willful and corrupt taking of a false oath in a judicial proceeding in regard to a matter material to the issues. 1 Hawk, P. C. c. 69, § 1; 4 Bl. Comm. 153. It is extended by statute in most jurisdictions to false swearing in certain proceedings not judicial. To constitute the offense, (1) the testimony must be false, or believed to be false, or the witness must not know whether it be true or false (42 Vt. 152; 17 N. H. 373) ; (2) the taking of the false oath must be both willful and corrupt; (3) the matter sworn to must be material to the issue or question in controversy (12 Mass. 273; 54 Vt. 146); (4) some form of oath or its equivalent must have been duly administered by an authorized officer (86 N. Y. 154; 107 U. S. 671; 76 N. Y. 220) ; (5) the oath itself, as well as the facts sworn to, must have been material (45 Mich. 543; 17 Ohio, 365); (6) to constitute perjury in a judicial proceeding, the court or tribunal must have jurisdiction (49 Me. 412; 8 Pick. [Mass.] 453; 96 Ky. 407).

noun

• noun
• act of oathbreaking
• distortion of the truth
• fal r statement
• false swearing
• falsehood
• falseness
• falsification
• intentional misstatement
• invention of lies misrepresentation
• misstatement
• periurium
• permisión of truth
• prevarication
• untruth
• violation of ar oath
• willful distortion of the truth
• willful falseho: d willful telling of a falsehood
• willful telling of a lie Associated Concepts: subornation of perjury foreign phrases: Lex punit mendacium
• The Isi punishes mendacity
• Perjuri sunt qui servatis vert
• juramenti decipiunt aures eorum qui accipiunt
• preserving the words of an oath
• dr ceive the ears of those who receive it
• Sacramentum fatuum fuerit
• licet falsum
• tamen non committit perju um
• A foolish oath
• although false
• does not give r
• Qui non libere veritatem pronunciatprodi;: est veritatis
• He who does not freely speak the truth a betrayer of the truth

Making Of False Statement Under Oath Or Affirmation In An Official Proceeding. It Is Generally Punishable By Fine And/or Imprisonment.

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Perjury in Historical Law

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Translation of Perjury , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Perjurio and other legal terms is available here.

• Perjurio
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Translation of Under Penalty of Perjury, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Bajo pena de perjurio and other legal terms is available here.

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Translate Subordination of Perjury from English to Spanish

Translation of Subordination of Perjury , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of El delito de conseguir a otro para que preste juramento que sería perjurio de cometerlo la primera persona and other legal terms is available here.

• El delito de conseguir a otro para que preste juramento que sería perjurio de cometerlo la primera persona
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Counsel: Role of Counsel; Jury: Legal Aspects; Obstruction of Justice.

Further Reading

American Law Institute. Model Penal Code and Commentaries: Official Draft and Revised Comments, part 2, article 241. Philadelphia: ALI, 1980.

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, vol. 4. Oxford, U.K.: Clarendon Press, 1769. Reprint, New York: Oceana,1966.

Fitzpatrick, Bridget, and Torraco, John. “False Statements.” American Criminal Law Review 36 (Summer 1999): 607-627.

Gordon, Michael D. “The Invention of a Common Law Crime: Perjury and the Elizabethan Courts.” The American Journal of Legal History 24 (1980): 145-170.

Holdsworth, William. A History of English Law, vol. 4. 3d ed. London: Methuen, 1977.

Kislak, Rebecca, and Donoghue, John J. “Perjury.” American Criminal Law Review 36 (1999): 957-982.

Nesland, James, and Godward, Cooley. “Perjury and False Declarations.” In Otto G. Obermaier and Robert G. Morvillo, eds., White Collar Crime: Business and Regulatory Offenses. New York: Law Journal Seminars-Press, 1990. Pages 10-1 to 10-81.

Perkins, Rollin M., and Boyce, Ronald N. Criminal Law, 3d ed. Mineola, N.Y.: Foundation Press, 1982.

Perjury in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of perjury.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

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• perjury in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• perjury in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Meaning of Perjury in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Perjury published by the National Association for Court Management: The criminal offense of making a false statement under oath.

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