perjury

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

   We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

From Anglo-Norman perjurie, from Latin perjūrāre (“swear falsely”), from per- + jūrāre. Displaced native Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”).

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