false oath

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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

He could lie and take a false oath to deceive his blind father; and by deceit, deprive his brother Esau of his lawful right of inheritance.

From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Offen, Benjamin

I have the feeling that I have taken a false oath.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of Truth and Peace in your gates; and love no false oath; for all these I hate, saith the Lord.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert