 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1810 - 202 Seiten
...at common law, is where a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears -wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue, or point in question. Subornation of perjury is the offence of procuring Ibtd. * another to take such a false oath, as constitutes... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 Seiten
...PERJURY. • Perjury is when a lawful oath is administered, in some judi"$i'al proceeding to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. , ./ »'• The law takes no notice of any perjury but such as is comm'ftted in- some courrof justice,... | |
 | 1823 - 872 Seiten
...a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. In ancient times it was in some places punished with death ; in others it made the false swearer liable... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 Seiten
...a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law takes no notice of any perjury but such as is committed in some court .of justice, having power... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 Seiten
...a crime committed when a lawfid oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law (14) takes no notice of any perjury but such as is committed in some court of justice, having... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 Seiten
...a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law (14) takes no notice of any perjury but such as is committed in some court of justice, having... | |
 | Job Roberts Tyson - 1827 - 74 Seiten
..." when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swearstt>*7fully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question." Subornation is the crime of procuring another to take a false oath. To constitute perjury, it is necessary... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 Seiten
...a crime committed when a lawful nath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question. In ancient times it was in some places punished with death ; in others it made the false swearer liable... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 590 Seiten
...committed \vlien a Ir.wful oath is administered in some judicial proceedina Ю a person who swears wilfully and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. tAll persons except idiots, lunatics, and other persons who labour under similar disabilities, may... | |
 | James Endell Tyler - 1834 - 360 Seiten
..." a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely, in a matter material to the issue or point in question*. " The law, as Blackstone-f- states it, " takes no notice of any perjury, but such as is committed in... | |
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Coke to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. 
