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Perjury was the crime of deliberately giving false information when under oath to affirm a wholly truthful statement. This could occur in a document or in spoken testimony at a legal proceeding. The act is intended to subvert and undermine the authority of institutions charged with administering justice, eliciting a miscarriage of justice. A person who perjured was named as a perjurer.

Commodore Stone accused James T. Kirk of committing perjury in 2267 regarding a sworn deposition submitted to him, which contained Kirk's account of the events leading to the death of Benjamin Finney. That deposition conflicted with computer records of the incident, leading to Stone's accusation. It was later found that the computer had been altered by Finney in an attempt to frame Kirk for his death. (TOS: "Court Martial")

Cadet Nicholas Locarno conspired with the surviving members of Nova Squadron to falsify testimony to cover up the fact that an accident in a flight maneuvers exercise, resulting in the death of Joshua Albert, was caused by the flight team attempting to perform a prohibited maneuver. (TNG: "The First Duty")

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