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Meanings of perjury in anglès
Intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth.
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Examples for "bearing false witness"
Examples for "bearing false witness"
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The fine for bearing false witness is twenty dollars and a buffalo.
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He was even now down below bearing false witness against my friend.
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He charged in here blaspheming and bearing false witness against me.
4
Who, I wondered, was bearing false witness against Steve Mitchell?
5
It's bearing false witness against you all over the field.'
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Political advisor Roger Stone was convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers.
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ConCourt also previously suggested Dlamini must face perjury charges for lying under oath.
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She "compounded her crimes by repeatedly lying under oath," Ms Strauss alleged.
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For lying under oath, the Home Affairs minister may even find a new home behind bars.
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Cairns is accused of lying under oath about match-fixing during a successful libel case in 2012.
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perjuri Usage of perjury in anglès
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They include perjury, abuse of power, witness tampering and obstruction of justice.
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He had 15 charges including bribery, money laundering, perjury and firearms offences.
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Cairns was subsequently acquitted of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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Clinton agreed to testify and was later accused of perjury and obstruction.
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The former cricketer Chris Cairns has been charged with perjury in London.
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Before the Pope they charged her with securing the divorce by perjury.
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The annals of crime scarcely contain a more gross example of perjury.
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Hold, old man; swear not and taint not thy soul with perjury.
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The punishments inflicted for forgery, coining base money, and perjury, were arbitrary.
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You mean that the worthy woman rates her perjury at that price.
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The charge of perjury at any rate, is groundless as against thee.
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The senate sought to punish him, not for perjury but for sacrilege.
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You saved that guilty fellow by a careful and remarkable perjury to-day.
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To deny it is to commit perjury even more blatant than previously.
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About obstruction of justice, perjury, and being an accessory to a homicide.
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Judge to decide whether Pennsylvania official will face perjury trial HARRISBURG, Pa.
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