most perjurious

noun, plural per·ju·ries. Law.

the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English perjurie < Anglo-French < Latin perjūrium, equivalent to perjūr(us) swearing falsely (see perjure) + -ium -ium; replacing parjure < Old French < Latin as above

Related forms

per·ju·ri·ous

[per-joo

r-ee-uh

s] , adjective

per·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb

per·ju·ri·ous·ness, noun

non·per·ju·ry, noun, plural non·per·ju·ries.

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perjury (ˈpɜːdʒərɪ)

—n , pl -juries
	criminal law the offence committed by a witness in judicial proceedings who, having been lawfully sworn or having affirmed, wilfully gives false evidence

[C14: from Anglo-French parjurie, from Latin perjūrium a false oath; see perjure]

perjurious

—*adj*

per'juriously

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

perjury

late 14c., "act of swearing to a statement known to be false," via Anglo-Fr. parjurie (late 13c.) and O.Fr. parjurie, both from L. perjurium "false oath," from perjurare "swear falsely," from per- "away, entirely" + jurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). The verb perjure is attested

from mid-15c. Related: Perjured.

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