Perjury

Perjury the Criminal Law in many jurisdictions sets the perjury as a crime of giving false statement in the form of a intentional lie given while being under oath or in a sworn affidavit, with the role to affect a proceeding and to change its direction. For example, a false statement given by the major eye-witness, with the role to make the conviction weaker. A synonym is “untruthfulness”.

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