perjury
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Perjury carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but it is unlikely Runcie would have received a lengthy term if he had been convicted.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023
Perjury probes soon followed; the embattled executives all left the industry within a couple years.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021
Britain’s 1677 Statute of Frauds required signatures “for prevention of many fraudulent Practices which are commonly endeavored to be upheld by Perjury and Subornation of Perjury.”
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2018
Perjury accusations have bedeviled many other Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress in recent decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2017
Perjury, by bearing false witness upon oath, is punished with the pillory, called Callistrigium, burnt in the forehead with a P, his trees growing upon his ground to be rooted up, and his goods confiscated.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 by Various
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