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subornation : an act or instance of suborning [ of perjured statements] [to protect witnesses from intimidation and "WBZ-TV4 v. DA for the Suffolk Dist., 562 N.E.2d 817 (1990)"] NOTE: Subornation of perjury is a crime. ...
suborn
suborn [Latin subornare, from sub- secretly + ornare to prepare, equip] 1 : to induce or procure to commit an unlawful act and esp. perjury [an attempt to a witness] 2 : to induce (perjury) or obtain (perjured testimony) from a witness [an attorney and his client were jointly charged with ing perjury and perjury, respectively "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] sub·orn·er n ...
Suborn
Suborn. See next title....
Subornation
Subornation, the crime of procuring another to do a bad action. See PERJURY...
Perjury
Perjury, telling lie in a court, Swaran Singh v. State of Punjab, (2005) 5 SCC 668. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Ch 26]The offence committed when a lawful oath or affirmation (see OATHS and AFFIRATION) is administered and the witness swears or affirms falsely in a matter material to the issue.The law on this subject is now contained in the (English) Perjury Act, 1911, 'an Act to consolidate and simplify the law relating to perjury and kindred offences'; it repeals the whole of the Acts 5 Eliz. c. 9 and 2 Geo. , c. 25 [the (English) Perjury Act, 1728] and portions of one hundred and thirty other statutes. The Act may be briefly summarised as follows: If any person lawfully sworn as a witness or as an interpreter in a 'judicial proceed-ing' wilfully makes a statement material in that proceeding, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he will be guilty of perjury and liable to penal servitude for not exceeding seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labo...
Sessions of the peace
Sessions of the peace, sittings of justices of the peace for the execution of those powers which are confided to them by their commission, or by charter, and by numerous statutes. They are of three descriptions:-I. Petty Sessions.--Metropolitan Police magistrates can act alone (see that title), with that exception, every meeting of two or more justices in the same place, for the execution of some power vested in them by law, whether had on their own mere motion, or on the requisition of any party entitled to require their attendance in discharge of some duty, is a petty or petit session. The occasions for holding petty sessions are very numerous, amongst the most important of which is the bailing persons accused of felony, which may be done after a full hearing of evidence on both sides, where the presumption of guilt shall either be weak in itself, or weakened by the proofs adduced on behalf of the prisoner. See PETTY SESSIONS.As to right of the public to attend petty sessions, see OP...
Falsi crimen
Falsi crimen, fraudulent subornation or conceal-ment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed:-(1) By words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person antedates a contract; (3) by deed, as selling by false weights and measures....
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