单词 | crimen falsi |
释义 | crimen falsin. Law. Originally: a crime involving dishonesty or false statement, esp. forgery. Later more usually: the body of crimes of this sort, including fraud, forgery, perjury, etc., considered collectively. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > concealment of truth > criminal deception fraudc1330 crimen falsi1602 stellature1608 stellionate1622 estafa1903 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. xiv. 20 Among these Militarie crimes, we may not forget that which the lawe calleth crimen falsi. This fault may be diuers wayes committed, and chiefly by fayning sicknesse. 1755 Ld. Chesterfield in World No. 105. 632 Here is not only the suppressio veri, which is highly penal, but the crimen falsi too. 1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 332/1 Though my name were Edward Jones, the signature, under the circumstances, would amount to the crimen falsi. 1897 G. H. Putnam Bks. & their Makers during Middle Ages II. 386 The congregation of the Index at Rome thereupon forbade said booksellers to continue the printing of the work (the publication of which was stigmatised as a crimen falsi) under penalty of excommunication. 1937 Virginia Law Rev. 23 470 The precise scope of the crimen falsi has never been exactly defined, but it is agreed that petit larceny, forgery, and criminal fraudulent practices are included therein. 2000 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 90 1124 The concept of crimen falsi remains pregnant with contemporary significance. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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