False Swearing
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. A misdemeanor consisting of making a willfully false oath, but not in a judicial proceeding, by which circumstance it is distipguished from perjury.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. The misdemeanor committed by a person who swears falsely before any person authorized to administer an oath upon a matter of public concern, under such circumstances that the false swearing would have amounted to perjury if committed in a judicial proceeding; as where a person makes a false altidavit under the Bills of Sale Acts. Stcph. Cr. Dig. 84.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The misdemeanor committed in English law by a person who swears falsely before any person authorized to administer an oath upon a matter of public concern, under such circumstances that the false swearing would have amounted to perjury if committed in a judicial proceeding ; as where a person makes a false affidavit under the bills of sale acts. Steph. Cr. Dig. p. 84. And see O'Bryan v. State, 27 Tex. App. 339, 11 S. W. 443.
Defined under False in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The misdemeanor committed in English law by a per- 80n who swears falsely before any person authorized to administer an oath upon a matter of public concern, under such circumstances that the false swearing would have amounted to perjury if committed in a judicial proceeding; a3 where a person makes a false affidavit under the bills of sale acts. Steph. Cr. Dig. p. 84.