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Definition of Perjures
1. perjure [v] - See also: perjure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perjures
Literary usage of Perjures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"to the accomplice in a theft who is called into court as witness, has an oath
administered to him (RV. he heareth the adjuration), and perjures himself. ..."
2. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"Seethe barefaced villain, how he cheats, lies, perjures, robs, murders ! Horrid !
... What if he perjures ? Why, he had a mental reservation in it. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of by Royall Tyler, Vermont Supreme Court (1810)
"If the witness perjures himself by testifying that he had no interest, when he
knows he has, he is amenable for the perjury; but if he purges himself from ..."
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