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Perjury

the taking of a wilful false oath or affirmation, by a witness lawfully required to depose the truth in a matter of some consequence to the point in question. A false oath, there fore, taken before no court, or before a court incompetent to try the issue in question, does not constitute the offense of perjury at common law. But many statutes in the United States, passed by the general government or the several GEORGE WALBRIDGE PERKINS in many of the large corporations, he retired from active business and has given his time and money to many public enterprises, such as the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, the New York Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, etc.

PERKINS, PERKINS PERPENDICULAR American lawyer and historical writer; born in St. Croix Falls, Wis., Nov. 4, 1847. Congressman 1902-1905. His chief works are: "France under Mazarin" (1886); "France under the Regency" (1892); "France under Louis XV.." etc.

He died Mar. 11, 1910. born in St. Croix Falls, Wis., Nov. 4, American lawyer and historical writer; and Boa Vista, on the mainland, the PERKINS, JAMES BRECK, an peninsula; São Antonio, on an island; Structure, usually granular, fine to an enamel-like luster and a gray color. Structure, usually granular, fine to coarse-grained, occasionally spherulitic.

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