SUBORNATION OF PERJURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subornation of perjury mean? 

• SUBORNATION OF PERJURY (noun)
  The noun SUBORNATION OF PERJURY has 1 sense:

1. (law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding

  Familiarity information: SUBORNATION OF PERJURY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORNATION OF PERJURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

to prove subordination of perjury you must prove the perjury and also prove that the perjured statement was procured by the accused suborner who knew that it would be false

Hypernyms ("subornation of perjury" is a kind of...):

subornation (underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)