false weights

false weights
Weighing devices so constructed as to enable a tradesman to cheat and defraud his customers; a kind of false token. 22 Am J2d False Pret § 22. A crime at common law and under statute in most jurisdictions. 56 Am J1st Wts & L § 46.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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