Forge

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An establishment, or mechanical contrivance, by which iron is made, or manufactured from the ore. 1 Stock. Ch. (N. J.) 296. To forge means, properly speaking, no more than to make or form, but in our law it is always taken in an evil sense. 2 East’s P. C. 852, c. 19, § 1. The French fauxer or fauser, however, which is a term employed by Britton, always radically imported a false making, and may have been the origin of the English word, instead of forger, to fashion. To forge and to counterfeit are constantly used both in ancient and modern law, as synonymous terms. Britt. c. 4. The former, however, is usually applied to writing or written instruments, the latter to other subjects of imitation, especially money. See “Forgery,” In Criminal Law. To make or fabricate a thing in imitation of another, with a view to deceive and defraud; to make falsely; to counterfeit.

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An establishment, or mechanical contrivance, by which iron is made, or manufactured from the ore. 1 Stock. Ch. (N. J.) 296. To forge means, properly speaking, no more than to make or form, but in our law it is always taken in an evil sense. 2 East’s P. C. 852, c. 19, § 1. The French fauxer or fauser, however, which is a term employed by Britton, always radically imported a false making, and may have been the origin of the English word, instead of forger, to fashion. To forge and to counterfeit are constantly used both in ancient and modern law, as synonymous terms. Britt. c. 4. The former, however, is usually applied to writing or written instruments, the latter to other subjects of imitation, especially money. See “Forgery,” In Criminal Law. To make or fabricate a thing in imitation of another, with a view to deceive and defraud; to make falsely; to counterfeit.

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