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fama publica (fay-m<<schwa>> p<<schwa>>b-li-k<<schwa>>). [Latin “public repute”] Hist. A person’s reputation in the community. • A person’s fama publica could be used against him or her in a criminal proceeding. Cf. ILL FAME . “Now in the thirteenth century we find in the sheriff’s turn a procedure by way of double presentment, and we may…

familiae emptor (f<<schwa>>-mil-ee-ee emp-tor). [Latin “estate purchaser”] Roman law. A trustee who received an inheritance by a fictitious purchase and distributed it as the testator instructed. — Also termed emptor familiae. See mancipatory will under WILL. “At some date, probably long before the XII Tables, men on the point of death, unable to make a…

falsus in uno doctrine (fal-s<<schwa>>s [orfawl-s<<schwa>>s] in yoo-noh). [fr. Latin falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus “false in one thing, false in all”] The principle that if the jury believes that a witness’s testimony on a material issue is intentionally deceitful, the jury may disregard all of that witness’s testimony. [Cases: Trial 187, 210; Witnesses…

falsum (fal-s<<schwa>>m orfawl-s<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin] Roman law. 1. A false statement. See crimen falsi under CRIMEN. 2. A crime involving forgery or falsification. • Until the later Roman Empire, the term applied to both documents and counterfeited coins.[Blacks Law 8th]

falso retorno brevium (fal-soh [orfawl-soh] ri-tor-noh bree-vee-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. A writ against a sheriff for falsely returning a writ.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsonarius. See FALSARIUS.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsity,n.1. Something (such as a statement) that is false. See LIE. 2. The quality of being false. See FALSE.[Blacks Law 8th]

falsing of dooms,n. See APPEAL(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

falsifying a record.The crime of making false entries or otherwise tampering with a public record with the intent to deceive or injure, or to conceal wrongdoing. 18 USCA §§ 1506, 2071, 2073; Model Penal Code § 224.4. [Cases: Fraud 68; Records 22. C.J.S. Records §§ 32, 57–59.][Blacks Law 8th]

falsify,vb. 1. To make something false; to counterfeit or forge <the chiropractor falsified his records to help the plaintiff>. — Also termed (archaically) false. See COUNTERFEIT; FORGERY. 2.Rare. To prove something to be false or erroneous <their goal in the appeal was to falsify the jury’s verdict>. — falsification,n.[Blacks Law 8th]