Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 523 – Perjury and Related Offenses
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- Material false statement: means any false statement, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence which could have affected the outcome of the proceeding. See Kentucky Statutes 523.010
- Oath: means an affirmation or other legally authorized manner of attesting to the truth of a statement. See Kentucky Statutes 523.010
- Official proceeding: means a proceeding heard before any legislative, judicial, administrative or other governmental agency or official authorized to hear evidence under oath, including any referee, hearing examiner, commissioner, notary or other person taking testimony or depositions in any such proceedings. See Kentucky Statutes 523.010
- Public servant: means : (a) Any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state. See Kentucky Statutes 523.010
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statement: means any representation, but includes a representation of opinion, belief or other state of mind only if the representation clearly relates to state of mind apart from or in addition to any facts which are the subject of the representation. See Kentucky Statutes 523.010
- Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010