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. Claude Arnold:

   When agents show up to CIS for a criminal investigation, they should never be impeded. That is obstruction of justice.

2. Adam Schiff:

   While President Donald J. Trump stonewalls the public from learning the truth about President Donald J. Trump obstruction of justice, President Donald J. Trump and William Barr conspire to weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies, the coverup has entered a new and dangerous phase. This is un-American.

3. Mary Miller:

   The DOJ quietly raided Biden's Delaware home on Friday and found MORE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. Will Biden be charged with obstruction of justice for continuing to LIE and hide documents? Why did the White House LIE multiple times about there being no additional documents?.

4. Dick Durbin:

   In an interview with NBC News, President (Donald) Trump admitted to firing FBI Director James Comey because of his investigation of the Trump campaign's Russian connections, that is dangerously close to obstruction of justice. This morning, the President tweeted a thinly veiled threat to Mr. Comey, which could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   As I have said over and over again, with all the respect in the world for Mr. Green..., we have six committees that are working on following the facts in terms of any abuse of power, obstruction of justice and the rest that the president may have engaged in. That is the serious path that we are on.

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