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per·ju·ry

   [pur-juh-ree]
noun, plural -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-joor-ee-uhs] , adjective
per·ju·ri·ous·ly, adverb
per·ju·ri·ous·ness, noun
non·per·ju·ry, noun, plural -ries.
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Perjury is always a great word to know.
So is affidavit. Does it mean:
to institute legal proceedings against a person; to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process; to conduct criminal proceedings in court against
a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official
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  • The difference between perjury and mendacity is not in the least one of morals or ethics.
  • She refused to talk but was charged with perjury.
  • Suggestions that a governor should be investigated for possible criminal prosecution for perjury would usually be devastating.
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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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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
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from mid-15c. Related: Perjured.
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