PERJURY


Meaning of PERJURY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

commit

He claimed two key witnesses at his trial had committed perjury .

Not only are you disowning it, you are committing perjury ....

That the prosecutor knew his witness was committing perjury appeared obvious to Dalzell.

indict

Yeoman also was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Both witnesses are accused of giving false evidence and will likely be charged with perjury .

Do you realise that by lying to the court you have committed perjury ?

Hall was found guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Any lying by the debtor during the examination constitutes perjury , which is a serious and punishable offence.

Archer denies perjury , perverting the course of justice and using a false instrument.

In October a jury at Winchester Crown Court found him guilty of theft, perjury and fraudulent trading.

Penalty of perjury Applicants are also asked to sign an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the information under penalty of perjury.

The available statistics offer some support for the allegations that there was much perjury .

Yeoman also was charged with one count of perjury and one count of obstructing justice.

Yeoman also was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.