A statement or assertion known to be untrue, and intended to deceive. A willful act or declaration contrary to the truth. Putnam v. Osgood, 51 N. H. 207.
In Scotch law. A fraudulent imitation or suppression of truth, to the prejudice of another. Bell. “Something used and published falsely.” An old Scottish nomen juris. “Falsehood is undoubtedly a nominate crime, so much so that Sir George Mackenzie and our older lawyers used no other term for the falsification of writs, and the name ‘forgery’ has been of modern introduction.” “It there is any distinction to be made between “forgery” and “falsehood,” I would consider the latter to be more comprehensive than the former.” 2 Broun, 77, 76.