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perjury
n. (
pl
. -ies) Law 1 a breach of an oath, esp. the act of wilfully telling an untruth when on oath.
2 the practice of this.
Derivatives
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perjurious adj.
Etymology
: ME f. AF perjurie f. OF parjurie f. L perjurium (as PERJURE)
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