Forgeey

Falsify. 1. To represent a fact falsely. 3. To tamper with a document by interlineation, ololiteration, or otherwise. See Altbbation, 3; Eecord. 3. To prove a thing to be false, particulai-ly an item of debit in an account. I Perry v. Thompson, 16 N. J. L. 73 (1837). ' Mayor of Hoboken v. Evans, 31 N. J. L. 343 (1865). > See Hadley, Eom. Law, HSi. 4 See People v. Gates, 13 Wend. 320-21 (1835). ' Putnam v. Osgood, 51 N. H. 307 (1871); Eoso. Cr. Ev. Falsification. Applied to some item among debts which is wholly false or in some part erroneous. 1 See further Surcharge. FALSUS; FALSA. L. Deceptive; erroneous; false. Crimen falsi. The offense of deceiving or falsifying. See further Crimen, Falsi. Falsa demonstratio non nocet. An erroneous designation does not impair. See further Demonstratio. Falsa grammatica non vitiatchartam. Bad grammar does not invalidate an instrument. See further Gbammae. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. False in one (particular), false in all. Deliberate falsehood in one matter will be imputed to related matters. If the circumstances respecting which testimony is discordant be immaterial, and of such a nature that mistakes may easily exist, and be accounted for in a manner consistent with the utmost good faith and probability, there is much reason for indulging the 'belief that the discrepancies arise from the infirmity ■of the human mind, rather than from deliberate error. But where the party speaks to a fact in respect to which he cannot be presumed liable to mistake, as in relation to the country of his birth, or his being in a vessel on a particular voyage, or living in a particular place, if the fact turn out otherwise, it is extremely difficult to exempt him from the charge of deliberate falsehood; and courts of justice, under such circumstances, are bound upon principles of law, morality, and justice, to apply the maxim falsus in uno, fa Uus in omnibus.^ The maxim is applied to discredit the testimony of witnesses; it is the foundation of the old rule which excluded the testimony of infamous persons. Holds good where the pasty calling the witness is cognizant of the falsehood, or where the falsehood affects the.credibility of the witness's testimony. Never applied to misstatements which are wholly inadvertent, or attributable to the ordinary fluctuations of memory. Proper where the special falsity is of a nature to imply falsity as to the whole case; and where contradictions are so numerous as to show imbecility of memory. 3 He who would embezzle a ship's furniture would not hesitate to embezzle the cargo.*