false oath
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"So you took a false oath," the judge replied.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2010
Eisler's British lawyer contended that the treaty did not cover Eisler's conviction because in British law a false oath is not perjury unless it is taken in connection with a judicial proceeding.
From Time Magazine Archive
From William's neck were suspended some of the most sacred of the relics over which Harold had taken his false oath.
From William the Conqueror Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
They say, then, that a false oath was filed.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
The next is that a false oath was filed by John W. Dorsey on the 23d of May, 1879.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
