What is the current state of the law on perjury in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Adams, 229 BR 312 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1999):
6 It is also a crime to lie in such a situation. See 18 U.S.C. 1621 (1994). See also United States v. Looper, 419 F.2d 1405, 1406 (4th Cir.1969) (noting that "the incentive to tell the truth, after swearing to do so, may be the mental anguish or loss of self-respect which would follow the telling of an untruth. To this may be added the possibility of prosecution and punishment for perjury.").
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