swear falsely

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“If you swear falsely to Congress, just like if you swear falsely to a court or in an affidavit, that’s a crime. It’s a felony and it can carry heavy consequences,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2019

Within a month he had persuaded two prominent members of the influential local German community to swear, falsely, that he had resided in the country for five years and to sponsor him for citizenship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now it would seem unlawful to receive an oath from a person, especially if he swear falsely, because he would then seem to consent in his sin.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

There is that same low, slimy view of human nature again, that a defendant who swears in his own behalf must swear falsely.

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

"Tell me, tell me, my belovèd, Didst thou not erewhile swear falsely?"

From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich