 | Noah Webster - English language - 1857 - 1310 pages
...€CUN-TEK-F,II'SANCE. See CouNTERFEaANCK. 6OUNTER-FEIT (koun'ter-6t), *. t. [Fr. contrefairc, eontreffif.\ L To forge; to copy or imitate, without authority or right and with a view to deceive or defraud, by passing tne copy or thing forged for that which is original or genuine, 2. To imitate ; to copy ; to make or... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1865 - 846 pages
...To make or forge in. opposition to the reality, or to that which is original or genuine; to forge; to copy or imitate without authority or right and with a view to deceive or defraud; to feign; to copy; to imitate. vi. To feign; to dissemble, a. Fabricated without right; made in imitation... | |
 | English language - 1874 - 988 pages
...Counterfeit, (koun 'te.r- fit) vt, [F. eontrtfairc, L. contra and jhccrr.] To put on a semblance of ;— to copy or imitate without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud ; to forge ; — vi To dissemble; to feign: — imp. & pp. counterf cited ; ppr. counterfeiting. Counterfeit,... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1885 - 1134 pages
...spurious or counterfeit butter. Webster defines counterfeit " to copy or imitate without au thority or right, and with a view to deceive, or defraud by...thing forged for that which is original or genuine." It requires no argument or proof to show that butter is counterfeited to a great extent, much greater... | |
 | Robert Lansing, Gary M. Jones - New York (State) - 1902 - 476 pages
...counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. (Art I., Bee. 8, Cl. 6.) To counterfeit is "to copy or imitate without authority or right, and...with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy for the original or genuine." It is counterfeiting even to issue a coin of equal weight and purity... | |
 | Robert Lansing, G. M. Jones - United States - 1902 - 268 pages
...counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. (Art I., Sec. 8, 01. 6.) To counterfeit is "to copy or imitate without authority or right, and...with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy for the original or genuine." It is counterfeiting even to issue a coin of equal weight and purity... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - Law - 1910 - 1330 pages
...non-compliance with its pcovisions. Conner v. Winton, 7 lud. 523, 524. COUNTERFEIT. In criminal law. To forge; to copy or Imitate, without authority or right, and...thing forged for that which is original or genuine. Most commonly applied to the fraudulent and criminal imitation of money. State v. McKenzle, 42 Me.... | |
 | Arndt Mathis Stickles - Kentucky - 1914 - 432 pages
...power to punish the counterfeiting of any of these securities or of current coin. To counterfeit is "to copy or imitate without authority or right, and...with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy for the original or genuine." If the government did not have this power, spurious coin and securities... | |
 | Arndt Mathis Stickles - Kentucky - 1914 - 440 pages
...power to punish the counterfeiting of any of these securities or of current coin. To counterfeit is " to copy or imitate without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud bypassing the copy for the original or genuine." If the government did not have this power, spurious... | |
 | Frank David Boynton - New York (State) - 1916 - 544 pages
...securities and current coin of the United States." To counterfeit anything is "to make a copy of it without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud by passing the copy as original or genuine." In the matter of money the law regards it as counterfeiting either (i) to... | |
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To forge; to copy or imitate, without authority or right, and with a view to deceive or defraud, by passing the copy or thing forged for that which is original or genuine. 
