When answering questions under oath, you typically need to respond truthfully and directly to the question asked. While "yes" or "no" is often sufficient, witnesses can elaborate if the question allows for it or if further explanation is necessary for clarity. However, it's important to stay relevant to the question and avoid providing unnecessary or unrelated information.
Of course. Being under oath does not make you infallible.
No, you cannot amend a deposition. A deposition is a record of a person's answers to questions asked by an attorney under oath. Amending would render in incomplete.
Lying under oath in a civil court is perjury. It is punishable by law.
When,in court,you swear to tell the truth,the whole truth and nothing but the truth and then tell a lie.
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Yes, lying under oath constitutes perjury, which is a criminal offense punishable by law.
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Basques humbled to GOD when they took the oath under the oak tree at Guernica.
To lay, as a stake; to wager., To lay down., To assert under oath; to depose., To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness.
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