Word Meanings - OATHBREAKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak

Related words: (words related to OATHBREAKING)

• PERJURY
  At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made by a witness under oath in a competent judicial proceeding. By statute the penalties of perjury are imposed on the making of willfully false affirmations. Note: If
• VIOLATION
  The act of violating, treating with violence, or injuring; the state of being violated. Specifically: -- Infringement; transgression; nonobservance; as, the violation of law or positive command, of covenants, promises, etc. "The violation of my