false oath
Example Sentences
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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
They call me fool, as you did, dear, just now; they call kissing the Bible, which means taking a false oath, smacking calfskin.”
From Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Groome, Francis Hindes
They call me fool, as you did, dear, just now; they call kissing the Bible, which means taking a false oath, smacking calf-skin.”
From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William
That on the 10th of July a false oath was placed upon the records.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green
