Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Forgery
n. 1. The act of fraudulently making a false document or altering a real one to be used as if genuine <the contract was void because of the seller's forgery>. - Also termed false making. ( Though forgery was a misdemeanor at common law, modern statutes typically make it a felony. 2. A false or altered document made to look genuine by someone with the intent to deceive <he was not the true property owner because the deed of trust was a forgery>. -Also termed fake. - forge, vb. - forger, n. "While it is true that there is a distinction between fraud and forgery, and forgery contains some elements that are not included in fraud, forgeries are a species of fraud. In essence, the crime of forgery involves the making, altering, or completing of an instrument by someone other than the ostensible maker or drawer or an agent of the ostensible maker or drawer." 37 C.J.S. Forgery ยง 2, at 66 (1997).
double forgery
A draft having a forged payor signature and a forged indorsement.