Definitions for obstruction of justice
ob·struc·tion of jus·tice

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1. obstruction of justicenoun

   impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court

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1. obstruction of justicenoun

   Intimidating or tampering with a witness or juror to influence their actions.

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1. Obstruction of justice

   Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is an act that involves unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system, especially the legal and procedural tasks of prosecutors, investigators, or other government officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice. Obstruction is a broad crime that may include acts such as perjury, making false statements to officials, witness tampering, jury tampering, destruction of evidence, and many others. Obstruction also applies to overt coercion of court or government officials via the means of threats or actual physical harm, and also applying to deliberate sedition against a court official to undermine the appearance of legitimate authority.

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1. obstruction of justice

   Obstruction of justice refers to any act that attempts to interfere with the proper functioning of the judicial system. This includes hindering or impeding the fair administration of justice in a criminal or civil legal proceeding such as disturbing an investigation, destroying or tampering with evidence, bribing a juror, or intimidating or lying to a witness, judge, or jury, among others. Such activities are considered crimes in themselves, regardless of the outcome of the proceeding they were attempting to influence.

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1. Obstruction of justice

   The crime of obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, refers to the crime of interfering with the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies, prosecutors, or other officials. Common law jurisdictions other than the United States tend to use the wider offense of perverting the course of justice. Generally, obstruction charges are laid when it is discovered that a person questioned in an investigation, other than a suspect, has lied to the investigating officers. However, in most common law jurisdictions, the right to remain silent allows any person questioned by police merely to refuse to answer questions posed by an investigator without giving any reason for doing so.. If the person tried to protect a suspect or to hide from investigation their own activities, this may leave them liable to prosecution. Obstruction charges can also be laid if a person alters or destroys physical evidence, even if he was under no compulsion at any time to produce such evidence. Often, no actual investigation or substantiated suspicion of a specific incident need exist to support a charge of obstruction of justice.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obstruction of justice in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obstruction of justice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of obstruction of justice in a Sentence

1. Intelligence Committee:

   A lot of attitudes have hardened on the subject of Trump and Russia and obstruction of justice, but nonetheless, if there's anyone who can cast a new light on this issue, it's the man who did the investigation and probably holds unique credibility with the public.

2. Richard Blumenthal:

   He would be screaming to the world,' I am guilty !' And he would so undermine the credibility of his office that it would be a disaster for the nation, it would very possibly be an obstruction of justice because he would be misusing that power to protect himself as a target of that investigation.

3. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson:

   The review of the document reveals that the Attorney General was not then engaged in making a decision about whether the President should be charged with obstruction of justice; the fact that he would not be prosecuted was a given.

4. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   Not only has the Michael Cohen sentencing really clarified how much trouble [President Trump] and his family are actually in, but it shows the depth of it -- that's it is collusion, it is fraud, it is obstruction of justice, and all those allegations are real. ... The most important thing that we can do in the Senate right now is protect the Mueller investigation.

5. Jerry Nadler:

   Any attempt to get him to change his testimony or not to testify by dangling a pardon would be very, would be obstruction of justice.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obstruction of justice
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_Justice
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_Justice
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=obstruction of justice