Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 6043
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 6043
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- sworn: shall include affirmed. See
§ 6043. Perjury in swearing to material matter in relation to which oath is authorized
Indictment Against a Person for Committing Perjury in Swearing
or Affirming to a Material Matter in a Writing in Relation
to Which an Oath or Affirmation is Authorized by Law
STATE OF VERMONT, Be it remembered that at a term
……………………. County, ss. } of the Superior Court begun and held
at ……………….. , within and for the county of ……………….. , aforesaid, on the ……………….. day of ………………………… A.D. 20 ……. , the grand jurors within and for such county of …………………………….. , upon their oath present, that A. B. of ……………………. in the county of …………………………….. , at …………………………….. in such county, on the ……………………. day of …………………………………. A.D. 20 ………. , before G. H., then and there having competent authority to administer oaths, committed the crime of perjury, by falsely swearing (or affirming) to material matter in writing required by law to be sworn to (here insert substance of writing) signed by said A. B., which material matter is in substance as follows: (here set out the matter in such writing claimed to be false) against the peace and dignity of the State.
(Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)