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e by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations.

lty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.

a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.

or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

To swear falsely; to commit perjury. Shak.

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence. Shak. Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, u…

rior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.

The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak

te an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to corrupt; -- often used reflexively; as, he perjured himself. Want will perjure The ne'er-touched vestal. Shak.

Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak. "Perjured persons." 1 Tim. i. 10. "Their perjured oath." Spenser.

One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.

Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. [Obs.] Quarles. B. Johnson.

ction of affliction; a punishment. Sharp scourges of adversity. Chaucer. What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence Shak.

tain. Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. Beau. & Fl. To spot timber, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.

To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell.

ct of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone.

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation." Milton.