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False weights

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Weighing devices so constructed and used as to defraud customers.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

False weights and measures are such as do not comply with the standard prescribed by the slate or government, or with the custom prevailing in the place and business in which they are used. Pen. Code Cal. 1903, § 552; Pen. Code Idaho, 1901, § 5003.

Defined under False in Black's Law Dictionary.