makes any false entry
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 300 U.S. 41 - United States v. Giles · 1937Most cited · 225 citing opinions
banking statute
The word 'make' has many meanings, among them 'To cause to exist, appear or occur.' To hold the statute broad enough to include deliberate action from which a false entry by an innocent intermediary necessarily follows gives to the words employed their fair meaning and is in accord with the evident intent of Congress.
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