Instructions: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Input: Perjury operates in American law as an inherited principle of the common law of England , which defined the act as the " willful and corrupt giving , upon a lawful oath , or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath , in a judicial proceeding or course of justice , of a false testimony material to the issue or matter of inquiry . "
Output:
Perjury in American law comes from the common law of England , which defined the it as giving a false testimony under oath that has to do with the issue .