Faux

In French law. A falsification or fraudulent alteration or suppression cf a thing by words, by writings, or by acts without either. Biret, Vocab. Toullier says (tom. 9, note 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 veritatis cum dolo facta; and lastly, in a narrow, or rather the legal, sense of the word, When it is a question to know if the faux be a crime, it is the fraudulent alteration of the truth in those cases ascertained and punished by the law."

See Crimen Falsi.