Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Crimen falsi dicitur, cum quis illicitus, cui non fuerit ad hoea data auctoritas, de sigillo regis rapto vel invento brevia cartasve consignaverit
It is called "crimen falsi" when anyone to whom power has not been given for such purposes has illicitly signed writs or grants with the king's seal, either stolen or found.
crimen falsi
[Latin "the crime of falsifying"] 1. A crime in the nature of perjury. 2. Any other offense that involves some element of dishonesty or false statement. See Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)(2). "The starting point [for perjury] seems to have been the so-called crimen falsi, - crime of falsifying. In the beginning, perhaps, one convicted of perjury was deemed too untrustworthy to be permitted to testify in any other case, and the idea grew until the term crimen falsi' included any crime involving an element of deceit, fraud or corruption." Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Lace 26 (3d ed. 1982).