Subornation Of Perjury
(n) When a person, with a motive to influence a trial to his favor, influence by whatever means the person issuing a statement under oath, ...
Subornation of Perjury: Procuring someone to make a false statement under oath.
Subpoena: Command to appear at a certain place and time to give testimony on a matter.
Subpoena Duces Tecum: Command to produce some document or paper.
subornation of perjury
n. the crime of encouraging, inducing or assisting another in the commission of perjury, which is knowingly telling an untruth under oath.
And all laws and parts of laws for punishing perjury, or subornation of perjury, committed in any such oaths or affirmations, when taken or made before any such justice of the peace, ...
Perjury is a crime and may be punished by fine or imprisonment. One can retract false testimony in the course of a criminal procedure without committing perjury. The crime of inducing another person to commit perjury is called subornation of perjury.
 See also: State, Statement, Witness, Trial, Act
  
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