Zefram wrote: > Yeah, since we don't have the concept of perjury any more (and actually > it was never applicable in this type of situation) these statements > don't carry the weight that is intended. I think it's unfortunate that > misrepresentation, which had more general utility, has also been repealed.
The wholesale removal of specific penalties and crimes as part of the great repeals was meant to anticipate judicial reforms (which would at least spell out rules of subpoena, requests for evidence, and perjury. -Goethe
