It is called false testimony, in the legal field, to the situation in which an individual, forced to testify under oath, maintains statements that are completely false and that compromises the direction of the final decision to be made by the jury. This, normally, is considered as a crime, because it compromises the interests of the Administration of Justice; however, the penalty it may entail may vary according to the penal code of each country. In some nations, it should be noted, statements made to other non- state bodies are also considered false testimony. Within religion, false witness is considered to be the simple fact to tell lies or make up stories and present them as true.
The interpretation of the false testimony may vary depending on the influences of the laws. Latinas, meanwhile, refer to false testimony as the alteration of the truth. In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic laws, this is characterized as a process in which the oath to tell the truth is broken, which is known as perjury. If the person who is charged with these charges, especially when it comes to a case in which they hide the true facts, they can also be accused of being accomplices, for covering up the adventures of the criminal who initiated the process.
In religion, false testimony is prohibited in one of the 10 commandments imposed by God. It reads "you shall not tell false testimonies or lies," which applies to a variety of situations in which an ordinary person can be immersed.
