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  • Mar 24, 2011, 07:20 AM
    beardies
    If you lied in court over your resumes can you go to jail?
  • Mar 24, 2011, 07:26 AM
    NeedKarma
    Lying in court about anything anything is called perjury. More here:
    Perjury - Criminal Law Lawyer Source
  • Mar 24, 2011, 07:26 AM
    smoothy

    Its called Perjury... and Perjury can result in jail time.
  • Mar 24, 2011, 07:30 AM
    RickJ

    Yep, the above answers are right: If you lie under oath in court, then if you are caught lying (no matter how insignificant you think that the lie was) then you have been caught perjuring yourself. In many areas that can result in jail time.

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