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A forger; a counterfeiter. Hov. 424. … [Read more...] about FALSONARIUS

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