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From Anglo-Norman perjurie, from Latin perjurare (“swear falsely”), from per- + jūrāre. Displaced native Old English mānāþ (literally “false oath”).
perjury (countable and uncountable, plural perjuries)
- (law) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.
We declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath
- Arabic: شَهَادَة زُور (ar) f (šahāda(t) zūr)
- Belarusian: ілжэсве́дчанне n (ilžesvjédčannje), лжэсве́дчанне n (lžesvjédčannje), клятвапарушэ́нне n (kljatvaparušénnje)
- Bulgarian: лъжесвиде́телство n (lǎžesvidételstvo)
- Catalan: perjuri (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 偽證/伪证 (zh) (wěizhèng, wèizhèng), 偽證罪/伪证罪 (wěizhèngzuì, wèizhèngzuì)
- Czech: křivé svědectví n, křivá výpověď
- Danish: mened c, falsk forklaring c
- Dutch: meineed (nl) m
- Esperanto: ĵurrompo
- Finnish: väärä vala (fi), perätön lausuma
- French: faux témoignage (fr) m
- Georgian: ცრუმოწმეობა (crumoc̣meoba)
- German: Meineid (de) m
- Greek: ψευδορκία (el) f (psevdorkía)
- Ancient: ἐπιορκία f (epiorkía)
- Hungarian: hamis tanúzás
- Icelandic: meinsæri n
- Irish: mionn bréige m, mionn éithigh m
- Italian: falsa testimonianza f
- Japanese: 偽誓 (ぎせい, gisei), 偽証 (ja) (ぎしょう, gishō), 偽証罪 (ぎしょうざい, gishōzai)
- Korean: 위증(僞證) (ko) (wijeung)
- Latin: periūrium n
- Macedonian: кривоклетство n (krivokletstvo)
- Maori: oati teka
- Norwegian: falsk forklaring c, mened c
- Old English: mānāþ m
- Polish: krzywoprzysięstwo (pl) n
- Portuguese: perjúrio (pt) m
- Romanian: mărturie mincinoasă (ro) f
- Russian: лжесвиде́тельство (ru) n (lžesvidételʹstvo), клятвопреступле́ние (ru) n (kljatvoprestuplénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: krivokletstvo (sh) n, krivorečstvo n
- Spanish: perjurio (es) m
- Swedish: mened (sv) c
- Tagalog: pagbubulaan, sambampanday
- Turkish: yalancı şahitlik, yalancı tanıklık
- Ukrainian: лжесві́дчення n (lžesvídčennja), кривосві́дчення n (kryvosvídčennja)
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