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Definition of Lying under oath
1. Noun. Criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
Generic synonyms: Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation
Derivative terms: Perjure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lying Under Oath
Literary usage of Lying under oath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethics and National Defense: The Timeless Issues by James C. Gaston (1994)
"If those intentions really had no part, the officer's oath would be like a
courtroom oath. Consider a witness caught lying under oath. ..."
2. Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train (1920)
""Plain lying is not a crime, but lying under oath is a crime—yet only provided
it is done in a legal proceeding and relates to a material matter. ..."
3. IRS Oversight: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"... of stocks on the Offer in Compromise submission and therefore proceeded to
push the criminal investigation for lying under oath on the Offer form. ..."
4. Confessions at Any Cost: Police Torture in Russia by Diederik Lohman (1999)
"The judge even went so far as to institute criminal proceedings against one of
the firefighters for lying under oath. ..."
5. Systems of Ethics by Aaron Schuyler (1902)
"lying under oath is the crime of perjury. Certain great crimes, such as murder,
treason, desertion from the army, are punished with death. ..."
6. The Prisoner at the Bar: Sidelights on the Administration of Criminal Justice by Arthur Cheney Train (1908)
"Lying is not a crime, but lying under oath is a crime,—provided it be done in a
legal proceeding and relates to a material matter. The most learned jurists ..."
7. The Prisoner at the Bar: Sidelights on the Administration of Criminal Justice by Arthur Cheney Train (1908)
"Lying is not a crime, but lying under oath is a crime,—provided it be done in a
legal proceeding and relates to a material matter. ..."
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