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- 'per·ju·ry || 'pÉœrdÊ’É™rɪ /'pÉœËd- n. act of lying under oath; act of giving false testimony in a court of law
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Perjuries — Perjury Per ju*ry, n.; pl. {Perjuries}. [L. perjurium. See {Perjure}, v.] 1. False swearing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
statute to prevent frauds and perjuries — See statute of frauds … Ballentine's law dictionary
Mock trial — A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of… … Wikipedia
perjury — perjurious /peuhr joor ee euhs/, adj. perjuriously, adv. perjuriousness, n. /perr jeuh ree/, n., pl. perjuries. Law. the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal… … Universalium
Morehouse College — Coordinates: 33°44′48″N 84°24′55″W / 33.74667°N 84.41528°W / 33.74667; 84.41528 … Wikipedia
statute of frauds — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
frauds, statute of — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
statute of frauds — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
frauds, statute of — This is the common designation of a very celebrated English statute (29 Car. II, c. 3), passed in 1677, which has been adopted, in a more or less modified form, in nearly all of the United States. Its chief characteristic is the provision that no … Black's law dictionary
Jove but laughs at lovers’ perjury — Cf. HESIOD fragment 124 (M W), ἐκ τοῦ δ᾿ ὅρκον ἔθηκεν ἀποίνιμον ἀνθρώποισι νοσφιδίων ἔργων πέρι Κύπριδος, since that time he [sc. Zeus] attached no penalty for men to an oath taken in the secret works of Aphrodite; TIBULLUS Elegies III. vi. 49… … Proverbs new dictionary
