Utter

To publish; to pass or give currency to. In Criminal Law. The presentation or passing as genuine of a forgery or counterfeit. To constitute the crime of uttering a forged instrument, the instrument must, with knowledge of its forged character, be asserted to be good, either directly or indirectly, by words or actions. 1 Whart. Crim. Law, § 703; 2 Bin. (Pa.) 332. The instrument need not be passed; it is enough if it is presented or offered as genuine. 25 Mich. 388; 48 Mo. 520.

In Criminal Law. To offer; to publish. To utter and publish a counterfeit note la to assert and declare, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that the note offered is good. It is not necessary that it should be passed in order to complete the offence of uttering; Com. v. Searle, 2 Blnn. (Pa.) 338, 4 Am. Dec. 446; Cl. Cr. L. 301. It seems that reading out a document, although the party refuses to show it, is a sufficient uttering; Jebb, Cr. Cas. 282. The merely showing a false instrument with inwould not amount to an uttering; Russ. & 2 Bish. Or. L. § 605. Recording a forged deed R. 200. Using a forged Instrument in some is uttering it; Perkins v. People, 27 Mich. way, in order to get money or credit upon it, 386; so is bringing suit on a forged paper; or by means of it, is sufficient to constitute Chahoon v. Com., 20 Gratt..(Va.) 733. The an uttering; 2 Den. Cr. Cas. 475. legal meaning of the word utter is in sub- The word uttering, used of notes, does not stance to offer; Bish. Cr. L. § 607. necessarily import that they are transferred UTTER BARRISTER. See Barrister. as genuine; it includes any delivery of a pote for value (as by a sale of the notes as UXOR (Lat). In Civil Law. A woman spurious) with the intent that they should be lawfully married. passed upon the public as genuine; 1 Abb. U. UXORICIDE. The killing of a wife by her S. 135. husband; one who murders his wife. It is The offence is complete when a forged in- not a technical term of the law. Black, L.

To put out, or put forth; to

To publish; put in

adj. 1. Entire. The expression " an utter loss of the ship," in a respondentia bond, shouldi be construed to mean an actual total loss, and not to embrace a constructive one. Insurance Co; «. Duval,, 8 Serg. ^ R. 138. 2. Outer. Utter bar; The bar at which tliose har' risters, usually junior men, practise who have not yet been raised to the dignity of queen's counsel. These junior barristers are said to plead without the bar;, while those of the higher rank are admitted to, seats within the bar, and address the court; or a jury from a place reserved for them, and divided off by a. bar. Browne