perjury

In criminal law, the willful assertion as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath or in any form allowed by law to be -substituted for an oath, whether such evidence is given in open court, or in an affidavit, or otherwise, such assertion being material to the issue or point of inquiry and known to such witness to be false. A false statement knowingly made in a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction or concerning a matter wherein an affiant is required by law to be sworn as to some matter material to the issue or point in question. Henry v. Been, 310 N.C. 75, 310 S.E.2d 326, 335.

A person is guilty of perjury if in any official proceeding he makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation, or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made, when the statement is material and he does not believe it to be true. Model Penal Code, No. 241.1.

See also 18 U.S.C.A. No.No. 1621, 1623.

Subornation of perjury is procuring another to commit perjury.

See 18 U.S.C.A. No. 1622.

For unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury, see 28 U.S.C.A. No. 1746.

See also false swearing

- two witness rule