It should be sacrosanct but has been totally corrupted to the advantage of judges, attorneys and their politician brethren??? most of whom are attorneys. dsawy says: January 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm I would think that in cases where a) the foreclosure is a judicial proceeding and b) where lawyers have submitted false affidavits, that they???re guilty of fraud upon the court, not merely perjury.