Forgery
“of documents”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
a forgery · forged document · forged will · forged wills · forgers
in the texts
On the Estate of Astyphilus
The central accusation that the document produced by Cleon and Hierocles as Astyphilus's will is a fabrication rather than a genuine legal instrument.
Personally, I regard it as impossible, even though Hierocles produces forged wills ten times over:
Seeing that they had no claim on these grounds, gentlemen, they concocted a will, which, as I think I shall be able to prove, is a forgery, and are trying to deprive me of my brother's estate.
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The legal doctrine defining what constitutes a forged or flawed document and how such forgery is detected and punished.
65 --> Where a single impeached or reprehensible witness is set down, or the scribe is likewise of such a kind, he [Bṛhaspati] has called that a forged document.
Just as a reflection in a mirror, though unreal, appears as real, so skilled persons make copies of documents.
Knowing the matter, country, and time, skilled forgers make a similar document;