crimen falsi

crimen falsi
/krayman folsay/ Term generally refers to crimes in the nature of perjury or subornation of perjury, false statement, criminal fraud, embezzlement, false pretense, or any other offense which involves some element of deceitfulness, untruthfulness, or falsification bearing on witness' propensity to testify truthfully. Government of Virgin Islands v. Toto, C.A.Virgin Islands, 529 F.2d 278, 282.
At common law, any crime which rendered the perpetrator incompetent to be a witness, such as forgery, perjury, sobornation of perjury and other crimes affecting the administration of justice.
In the civil law, the crime of falsifying; which might be committed either by writing, as by the forgery of a will or other instrument; by words, as by bearing false witness, or perjury; and by acts, as by counterfeiting or adulterating the public money, dealing with false weights and measures, counterfeiting seals, and other fraudulent and deceitful practices.

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  • crimen falsi — cri·men fal·si / krī mən fȯl ˌsī, krē men fäl sē/ n [Latin, literally, crime of falsehood]: a crime (as perjury or fraud) involving deceit or falsification Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • crimen falsi — ˈfȯl(t)ˌsī noun Etymology: Late Latin, crime of falsifying : falsi crimen * * * crimen falsi /falˈsī, falˈsē/ noun The crime (or charge) of perjury • • • Main Entry: ↑crimen …   Useful english dictionary

  • crimen falsi — See falsi crimen …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • crimen falsi — /krayman folsay/ Term generally refers to crimes in the nature of perjury or subornation of perjury, false statement, criminal fraud, embezzlement, false pretense, or any other offense which involves some element of deceitfulness, untruthfulness …   Black's law dictionary

  • crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cui non fuerit ad haec data auctoritas, de sigillo regis, rapto vel invento, brevia, cartasve consignaverit — /krayman foltsay disatar, kam kwis alisatas, k(yuw)ay non fyuwarat aed hiyk deyta oktohrataes, diy sajilow riyjas, rsptow vel inventow, briyviya kartaesviy konsigneyvarat/ The crime of forgery is when any one illicitly, to whom power has not been …   Black's law dictionary

  • crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cui non fuerit ad haec data auctoritas, de sigillo regis, rapto vel invento, brevia, cartasve consignaverit — /krayman foltsay disatar, kam kwis alisatas, k(yuw)ay non fyuwarat aed hiyk deyta oktohrataes, diy sajilow riyjas, rsptow vel inventow, briyviya kartaesviy konsigneyvarat/ The crime of forgery is when any one illicitly, to whom power has not been …   Black's law dictionary

  • falsi crimen — |fȯlˌsēˈkrēmən, sīˈkrīm , ˌmen noun Etymology: Late Latin, crime of falsifying : the infamous crime of falsifying including in Roman law every crime committed by fraud and deceit, in modern civil law mainly forgery but also perjury and similar… …   Useful english dictionary

  • falsi crimen — /folsay krayman/ Fraudulent subornation or concealment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed (1) by words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person… …   Black's law dictionary

  • falsi crimen — /folsay krayman/ Fraudulent subornation or concealment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed (1) by words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Crimen — (lat.), ursprünglich Anklage wegen eines Verbrechens, später gleich Verbrechen; soz. B. C. ambitus, Amtserschleichung; C. falsi, Verbrechen der Fälschung; C. laesae majestatis, C. majestatis, Majestätsverbrechen; C. perduellionis, Hochverrat; C.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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