forgery of a document

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• forgery — forg·ery n pl er·ies 1: the act of falsely making, altering, or imitating (as a document or signature) with intent to defraud; also: the crime of committing such an act 2: something that is forged Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• FORGERY — of documents is not, either in biblical or in talmudic law, a criminal offense: it may be an instrument for the perpetration of fraud and come within the general prohibition of fraudulent acts (Lev. 19:35; Deut. 25:13–16) or fraudulent words (Lev …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Forgery — is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents (see false document), with the intent to deceive. The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained… …   Wikipedia

• Forgery, Forger — • The deliberate untruthfulness of an assertion, or in the deceitful presentation of an object, and is based on an intention to deceive and to injure while using the externals of honesty Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Forgery, Forger… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• forgery — for‧ge‧ry [ˈfɔːdʒəri ǁ ˈfɔːr ] noun forgeries PLURALFORM 1. [countable] LAW a document, piece of money, or signature that has been copied illegally: • It turned out that the will was a forgery. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• forgery — /fawr jeuh ree, fohr /, n., pl. forgeries. 1. the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person s name to any such writing… …   Universalium

• forgery — [[t]fɔ͟ː(r)ʤəri[/t]] forgeries 1) N UNCOUNT Forgery is the crime of forging money, documents, or paintings. He was found guilty of forgery. 2) N COUNT You can refer to a forged document, banknote, or painting as a forgery. The letter was a… …   English dictionary

• forgery — UK [ˈfɔː(r)dʒərɪ] / US [ˈfɔrdʒərɪ] noun Word forms forgery : singular forgery plural forgeries 1) [uncountable] the crime of making copies of valuable documents or works of art in order to make money by selling them 2) [countable] a document,… …   English dictionary

• forgery — /ˈfɔdʒəri / (say fawjuhree) noun (plural forgeries) 1. the making of a fraudulent imitation of a thing, or of something spurious which is put forth as genuine, as a coin, a work of art, a literary production, etc. 2. something, as a coin, a work… …  

• forgery — for|ge|ry [ˈfo:dʒəri US ˈfo:r ] n plural forgeries 1.) a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied illegally = ↑fake ▪ The painting was a very clever forgery. 2.) [U] the crime of copying official documents, money etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• forgery — noun 1 (C) a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been forged: The painting was actually a very clever forgery. 2 (U) the crime of forging official documents, money etc …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English