forgery
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 1 U.S. 41 - Respublica v. Cornelius Sweers · 1779Most cited · 5 citing opinions
properly so called
In the case of forgery, properly so called, which includes only records, deeds, wills, or public instruments, it may, perhaps, be necessary that some person should be actually prejudiced. This rule, however, does not extend to cheats of the present description; in which it is sufficient, that the act be of a prejudicial nature.
How often courts cite the case defining “forgery”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “forgery” — 5 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.