A term coined in 1910 by the English art critic and painter Roger Fry and applied to the reaction against the naturalistic depiction of light and color in Impressionism, led by Paul Cezanne, CÃ©zanne Paul, Gauguin vincent Van, gogh And Georges. seurat
Police perjury. Police perjury (or testilying in United States police slang) is the act of a police officer giving false testimony. It is typically used in a criminal trial to make the case against a defendant who the police believe to be guilty when irregularities during the suspect's arrest or search threaten to result in acquittal. It has broader meanings.
1711, the real point (of a law case, etc.), from Anglo-French legalese phrases, e.g. cest action gist this action lies, meaning this case is sustainable by law, from Old French gist en it consists in, it lies in (third person singular present indicative of gÃ©sir to lie), from Latin iacet it lies, from iacere to lie, rest, related to ...