Faux
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In French Law. A falsification or fraudulent alteration or suppression of a thing by words, by writings, or by acts without either. Biret, Vocahulaire des Sis Codes. Toullier says (tom. 9, n. 188), ’’Faux may be understood in three ways: In its most extended sense. It Is the alteration of truth, with or without intention; it is nearly synonymous with lying; in a less extended sense. It is the alteration of truth, accompanied with fraud, mutatio veritatia cum dole facta; and lastly, in a narrow, or rather the legal, sense of the word, when it is a question to know It the faux be a crime, it is the fraudulent alteration of the truth in those cases ascertained and punished by the law.'* See Crimbn Falsl