Perjured
41perjure — per|jure [ˈpə:dʒə US ˈpə:rdʒer] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: parjurer, from Latin perjurare, from jurare to swear ] perjure yourself law to tell a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law >perjured adj ▪ perjured… …
42perjure — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)ʤə(r)[/t]] perjures, perjuring, perjured VERB If someone perjures themselves in a court of law, they lie, even though they have promised to tell the truth. [V pron refl] Witnesses lied and perjured themselves... [V pron refl] She …
43perjure — verb (perjure oneself) Law commit perjury. ↘[as adjective perjured] (of evidence) involving wilfully told untruths. Derivatives perjurer noun Origin ME (as perjured in the sense guilty of perjury ): from OFr. parjurer, from L. perjurare swear… …
44perjure — UK [ˈpɜː(r)dʒə(r)] / US [ˈpɜrdʒər] verb Word forms perjure : present tense I/you/we/they perjure he/she/it perjures present participle perjuring past tense perjured past participle perjured legal perjure yourself Derived word: perjurer noun… …
45per|jured — «PUR juhrd», adjective. 1. guilty of perjury: »a perjured witness. SYNONYM(S): forsworn. 2. characterized by or involving perjury: »perjured evidence …
46per|ju´ri|ous|ly — per|ju|ri|ous «puhr JUR ee uhs», adjective. = perjured. (Cf. ↑perjured) –per|ju´ri|ous|ly, adverb …
47per|ju|ri|ous — «puhr JUR ee uhs», adjective. = perjured. (Cf. ↑perjured) –per|ju´ri|ous|ly, adverb …
48PERJURY — Witnesses are guilty of perjury if it is proved, by the evidence of at least two other competent and consistent witnesses, that they had not been present at the time and at the place where they had testified to have been when the event in issue… …
49WITNESS — (Heb. עֵד, one that has personal knowledge of an event or a fact. The evidence of at least two witnesses was required for convicting the accused (Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; cf. I Kings 21:10, 13). Commercial transactions of importance took… …
50All but — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… …
