"statute" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the United States, for example, the general perjury statute under Federal law defines perjury as a felony and provides for a prison sentence of up to five years.
- It has long been criticized for the loophole it creates in the perjury statutes as essentially allowing a witness to lie without consequences.
- This indictment sends a very strong message that the perjury statute will be vigorously enforced against police officers and not just civilians.
- There are two perjury statutes in federal law, one requiring two forms of corroborating evidence and one requiring one form.
- The reference to "this statute" was a reference to a perjury statute.
- The Court in Caha rejected the argument that the federal courts had no jurisdiction to hear a case under the perjury statute, and the defendant's conviction was affirmed.
- The old perjury statute needs no exercise; it is the new Ethics in Government Act that must be shown to have the teeth needed to deter future influence peddling.
- Federal tax law provides criminal penalties of up to three years in prison for violation of the tax return perjury statute.
- "I am very sensitive to the implications of perjury statutes," Mr. Fowler told the Senate campaign finance committee in 1997.
- Courts have ruled that perjury statutes do not apply to statements that are not considered significant.
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