faux

faux
    adj 1: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine
           article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic
           fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with
           imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator
           hide" [syn: {fake}, {false}, {faux}, {imitation},
           {simulated}]
    

faux \faux\ (f[add]ks), n.; pl. {fauces} (f[add]"s[=e]z). [L.]
   See {Fauces}.
    

FAUX, French law. A falsification or fraudulent alteration or suppression of 
a thing by words, by writings, or by acts without either. Biret, Vocabulaire 
des Six Codes. 
     2. The crimen falsi of the civil law. Toullier says, "Le faux s'entend 
de trois manieres: dans le sons le plus etendre, c'est l'alteration de la 
verite, avec ou sans mauvaises intentions; il est a peu pres synonyme de 
mensonge; dans un sens moins etendu, c'est l'alteration de la verite, 
accompagnee de dol, mutatio veritatis cum dolo facta; enfin, dans le sens 
etroit, ou plutot legal du mot, quand il s'agit de savoir si le faux est un 
crime, le faux est I'alteration frauduleuse de la verite, dans les 
determines et punis par la loi." Tom. 9, n. 188. "Faux may be understood in 
three ways: in its most extended sense, it is the alteration of truth, with 
or without intention; it is nearly synonymous with lying; in a less extended 
sense, it is the alteration of truth, accompanied with fraud, mutatio 
veritatis cum dolo facta; and lastly, in a narrow, or rather the legal sense 
of the word, when it is a question to know if the faux be a crime, it is the 
fraudulent alteration of the truth, in those cases ascertained and punished 
by the law." See Crimen Falsi.