Fraudulent subornation or concealment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed (1) by words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person antedates a contract; (3) by deed, as selling by false weights and measures. Wharton. See CRIMEN FALSI. … [Read more...] about FALSI CRIMEN
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FALSE ARREST
See false imprisonment. … [Read more...] about FALSE ARREST
FALSIFICATION
The act of counterfeiting or submitting something that is false or misleading. … [Read more...] about FALSIFICATION
FALSE CLAIM
A claim that is made by a person or party knowing that it is false so as to obtain a benefit. … [Read more...] about FALSE CLAIM
FALSIFY
(A) crim. law. To prove a thing to be false; as, to falsify a record. Tech. Dict.; Co. Litt. 104 b. To alter or make false a record. This is punishable at common law. Vide Forgery. 2. By the Act of Congress of April 30, 1790, s. 15, 1 Story's L. U. S. 86, it is enacted, that if any person shall feloniously steal, take away, alter, falsify, or otherwise avoid, any record, writ, … [Read more...] about FALSIFY