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for·swear / fôrˈswe(ə)r/ • v. (past -swore; past part. -sworn) [tr.] formal agree to give up or do without (something): he would never forswear the religion of his people. ∎ (forswear oneself/be forsworn) swear falsely; commit perjury: I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn.
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Incriminal law, to make oath to that which the deponent knows to be untrue. This term is wider in its scope than perjury, for the latter, as a technical term, includes the idea of the oath being taken before a competent court or officer and relating to a material issue, which is not implied by the word forswear.
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