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Falsus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. False; fraudnient; er-roncous. Deceitful; mistaken.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In old English law. False; in uno, falsns in omnibus: false in

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

False; fraudulent; erroneous, Deceitiul; mistaken. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, False in one thing, false in everything. Where a party is clearly shown to bave embezzled one article of property, it is a ground of presumption that he may have embezzled others also. 1 Sumn. 329, 356; 7 Wheat. 333,

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. False, erroneous; fraudulent. Applied to persons and things. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. False in one thing, false in every thing. Story, J., 1 Sumner's R. 329, 356. Where a party is clearly shown to have embezzled one article of property, it is a ground of presumption that he may have embezzled others also. Id. ibid.