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Definition of Subornation of perjury
1. Noun. (law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding. "To prove subordination of perjury you must prove the perjury and also prove that the perjured statement was procured by the accused suborner who knew that it would be false"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subornation Of Perjury
Literary usage of Subornation of perjury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"Perjury is a misdemeanor. 143. subornation of perjury is the procuring of another
to / commit perjury. Perjury must be actually com- \ mitted. ..."
2. Handbook of Criminal Law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"subornation of perjury is the procuring of another to commit perjury. Perjury must
be actually committed. The Oath The oath must be a lawful one; that is, ..."
3. Handbook of criminal law by William Lawrence Clark, William Ephraim Mikell (1915)
"subornation of perjury is the procuring of another to commit perjury. Perjury must
be actually committed. The Oath . The oath must be a lawful one; that is, ..."
4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1912)
"IN ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon to
review a conviction for subornation of perjury. Dismissed for want of ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Perjury and Subornation of Perjury—(a) Definitions. —Perjury, at common law, is
the willful and corrupt taking of a false oath in a judicial proceeding, ..."
6. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep (1896)
"(a) subornation of perjury by the common law is an offence in procuring a man to
take a false oath amounting to perjury, who actually takes such oath. ..."
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