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A sham plea, one made in bad faith. … [Read more...] about FALSE PLEA

Lat. In the civil law. A false or forged tiling; a fraudulent simulation; a fraudulent counterfeit or imitation such as a forged signature or instrument. Also falsification which may be either by falsehood concealment of the truth or fraudulent alteration as by cutting out or erasing part of a writing. … [Read more...] about FALSUM

criminal law. False representations and statements, made with a fraudulent design, to obtain money, goods, wares, and merchandise with intent to cheat. 2. This subject may be considered under the following heads:. 1. The nature. of the false pretence. 2. What must be obtained. 3. The intent. 3. 1. When the false pretence is such as to impose upon a person of ordinary caution, … [Read more...] about FALSE PRETENSES

Lat. False; fraudulent; erroneous. Deceitful; mistaken. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibnus. False in one thing, false in everything. Where a party is clearly shown to have embezzled one article of property, it is a ground of presumption that he may have embezzled others also. The Boston, 1 Sumn. 328, 850, Fed. Cas. No. 1,673; The Santissima Trinidad, 7 Wheat. 339, 5 L. Ed. 454. … [Read more...] about FALSUS

A return made by the sheriff, or other ministerial officer, to a writ in which is stated a fact contrary to the truth, and injurious to one of the parties or some one having an interest in it. 2. In this case the officer is liable for damages to the party injured. … [Read more...] about FALSE RETURN