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
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 Susan Warner
Second charge: Transmitting a false oath and making it.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Robert Green Ingersoll
I have the feeling that I have taken a false oath.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
