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Personation

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The offense of falsely representing one's self as another person, and thereby obtaining some material advantage. The offense of personating a voter is complete as soon as a person has,' to the proper ofiicer, falsely represented himself as the person entitled to vote, even though he stop short of voting. 33 L. J. M. C. 81; 4 B. & S 15. PERSON E (Law Fr.) A parson. En mesme la manere est de persone de un esglise, in the same manner is it with the parson of a church. Britt. c. 48. PERSONERO (Spanish).

In Spanish law. An attorney. So called, because he represents the person of another, either in or out of court. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 5, lib. 1. PERSONNE (Fr.) A person. This term is declared by the Civil Code of Louisiana to be applicable to men and women, or to either. Article 3522, No. 25. PERSPICUA VERA NON SUNT PRObanda. Plain truths need not be proved. Co. Litt. 16.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The false or fraudulent impersonation of another person, done with intent to deceive and defraud.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Acting as a person, or for a of a person; an acting in the character sonation. Perspicua vera non sunt probanda, I. proved.