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
"Why, that 'ud be just the same as taking a false oath."
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
Joy at meeting gave new life to Sir Amys, and, sitting up, he told his friend all his woes, and how he dare not fight with a false oath on his conscience.
From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
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
