To fabricate, construct, or prepare one thing in imitation of another thing, with the intention of substituting the false for the genuine, or otherwise deceiving and defrauding by the use of the spurious article. To counterfeit or make falsely. Especially, to make a spurious written instrument with the intention of fraudulently substituting it for another, or of passing it off … [Read more...]

The likelihood of the consequences as a result of an action. Typically refers to an affirmative defense by a defendant where the plaintiff had an assumption of risk by performing an act and therefore the defendant's liability should be mitigated, e.g. the plaintiff went driving shortly after drinking alcohol and contributed significantly to an accident which was allegedly … [Read more...]

One who commits a forgery. … [Read more...]

That part of the land adjacent to the sea which is alternately covered and left dry by the ordinary How of the tides; i.e., by the medium line between the greatest and least range of tide, (spring tides and neap tides.) Sweet … [Read more...]

The fraudulent act of creating a copy of a document, signature, a bank note or work of authorship that is intended to be passed off as genuine when it is not, e.g. forging the signature of the maker of a check without the maker's knowledge, made payable to the forger. In criminal law. The falsely making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, any writing which, if … [Read more...]