FALSE

Untrue; erroneous: deceitful; contrived or calculated to deceive and injure. Unlawful. In law, this word means something more than untrue; it means something designedly untrue and deceitful, and implies an intention to perpetrate some treachery or fraud. Hatcher v. Dunn, 102 Iowa, 411, 71 N. W. 343, 36 L. R. A. 689; Mason v. A ociation, 18.U. C. 0. P. 19; Ratter man v. In galls, 48 Ohio St. 468, 28 N. E. 168. -False action. See FEIGNED ACTION.- False answer. In plea.ding. A sham answer; one which is false in the sense of being a men pretense set up in bad faith and without color of fact. Howe v. Elwell, 57 App. Div. 357, 67 N. Y. Sopp. 1108; Farnsworth v. Halstead (Sup.) 10 N. Y. Sopp. 763.--False charaeter. Personating the master or mistre of a servant. or any representative of such master or mis,. - tre , and giving a false character to the servan.fl is an o:ffense punishable in England with a.fin'8 of £20. St. 32 Geo. III. c. 56.-False claim. in the forest law, was where a man claimed more than his due, and.was amereed and punisbed for the same. Manw. c. 25; Tomlins.- False entl'J', In banking law. An entry in the books of a bank which is intentionally made to represent what ls not true· ol' does not ex• 1st, with intent either to deceive lbl officers or a bank examiner or to defraud the bank. Agnew v. U. S., 1~ U. S. 36, 17 Sup__. Ct. 285. 41 L. l!)L 624; U. S. "· Peters (C.. 0.) gr Fed. 984,; --FalH faat. 1D the law of evidence. A [s. 486]