Utter

In Criminal Law. To offer; to publish. To utter and publish a counterfeit note la to assert and declare, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that the note offered is good. It is not necessary that it should be passed in order to complete the offence of uttering; Com. v. Searle, 2 Blnn. (Pa.) 338, 4 Am. Dec. 446; Cl. Cr. L. 301. It seems that reading out a document, although the party refuses to show it, is a sufficient uttering; Jebb, Cr. Cas. 282. The merely showing a false instrument with inwould not amount to an uttering; Russ. & 2 Bish. Or. L. § 605. Recording a forged deed R. 200. Using a forged Instrument in some is uttering it; Perkins v. People, 27 Mich. way, in order to get money or credit upon it, 386; so is bringing suit on a forged paper; or by means of it, is sufficient to constitute Chahoon v. Com., 20 Gratt..(Va.) 733. The an uttering; 2 Den. Cr. Cas. 475. legal meaning of the word utter is in sub- The word uttering, used of notes, does not stance to offer; Bish. Cr. L. § 607. necessarily import that they are transferred UTTER BARRISTER. See Barrister. as genuine; it includes any delivery of a pote for value (as by a sale of the notes as UXOR (Lat). In Civil Law. A woman spurious) with the intent that they should be lawfully married. passed upon the public as genuine; 1 Abb. U. UXORICIDE. The killing of a wife by her S. 135. husband; one who murders his wife. It is The offence is complete when a forged in- not a technical term of the law. Black, L.