| 单词 | subornation of perjury |
| 释义 | > as lemmassubornation of perjury c. With of indicating the crime or misdeed suborned. Chiefly Law in subornation of perjury. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery > to secure false witness subornation1528 subornation of perjury1588 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. xix. f. 67 If any of them [sc. jurors] bee discredited by Law as by attainder in conspiracy..subornation of perjury, or such like. 1621 D. Calderwood Altar of Damascus iv. 113 Temerarious administration of the goods of the deceased, subornation of perjurie, falshood or forgerie committed in any Ecclesiasticall action. 1677 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery 83 For subornation of Perjury, tending to the Defamation of his Majesty. 1756 Mag. of Mag. Mar. 247/2 I look upon the subornation of murder, in the common way,..as a venial sin, in comparison of these abominable premiums. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iv. §75. 729 Subornation of perjury consists in tampering with those who are to swear in judgement, by soliciting or directing them how they are to depose, without regard to truth. 1846 Law Times 11 July 324/3 He did not intend to charge Mr. Jackson with the subornation of perjury. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxx. 302 And to subornation of bigamy? How does it concern that? 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 230 A cheap subornation of flattery. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 6 §8 Any offence punishable as perjury or as subornation of perjury. 1917 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 806 German intrigue, spy work, subornation of treason, instigation of sabotage and such things. 2007 D. T. Phillips Clinton Charisma xii. 164 The prosecutors threatened to charge her with up to five federal crimes (obstruction of justice, perjury, subornation of perjury, conspiracy, and witness tampering). < as lemmas |
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