In criminal law. The wlllful assertion as to a matter of fact, oplnlon, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceedlng as part of his evidence, either upon oath or in nny form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, whether such evidence is given in open court, or In an affidavit, or otherwise, such assertion being known to such witness to be false, and being intended by him to mislead the court, Jury, or person holding the proceeding. 2 whart. Crim. Law, g 1244; Herring v. Stnte, 119 Ga. 709, 46 S. E. 876; Beecher v. Anderson, 45 Mich. 543, 8 N. W. 539; Schmidt v
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
