Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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perjury-trap doctrine

The principle that a perjury indictment against a person must be dismissed if the prosecution secures it by calling that person as a grand jury witness in an effort to obtain evidence for a perjury charge, esp. when the person's testimony does not relate to issues material to the ongoing grandjury investigation.