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forgery

forgery n. 伪造文书罪 指以欺诈或损害他人为目的而伪造或变造具有法律意义的书面文件,包括未经本人同意或授权而仿冒其签名。意图欺诈或损害他人而使用明知是伪造或变造的文件,亦属这种犯罪。 (→alteration; counterfeit; false making; falsify; fraud; imitation; raised check; utter; uttering a forged instrument)

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forgery

forgery, n. 1. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if genuine (the contract was void because of the seller’s forgery). — Also termed false making. • Though forgery was a misdemeanor at common law, modern statutes typically make it a felony. [Cases: Forgery 1.]

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falsum

falsum (fal-s[schwa]m orfawl-s[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. A false statement. See crimen falsi under CRIMEN. 2. A crime involving forgery or falsification. • Until the later Roman Empire, the term applied to both documents and counterfeited coins.

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falsify

falsify, vb. 1. To make something false; to counterfeit or forge (the chiropractor falsified his records to help the plaintiff). — Also termed (archaically) false. See COUNTERFEIT; FORGERY. 2. Rare. To prove something to be false or erroneous (their goal in the appeal was to falsify the jury’s verdict). — falsification, n.

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counterfeiting

counterfeiting, n. The unlawful forgery, copying, or imitation of an item, esp. money or a negotiable instrument (such as a security or promissory note) or other officially issued item of value (such as a postage stamp), or the unauthorized possession of such an item, with the intent to deceive or defraud by claiming or passing

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paraph

paraph (par-[schwa]f), n. 1. Hist. A flourish that follows a signature, intended as a safeguard against forgery. 2. Civil law. A signature itself; esp., a notary public’s signature on a document, followed by the date, names of the parties, and seal. paraph (par-[schwa]f), vb. Civil law. To add a paraph to (paraphed the contract).

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