false oath

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"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

Overt acts: Filing a false oath by everybody June 24, 1879.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green

And woe to him who perverted law and justice, woe to him who swore a false oath; Thor's thunderbolt was sure to fall upon the audacious transgressor and dash him to pieces.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

He was reserved for my spear, by which he swore his false oath.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall