Obs. Also 7 fauxonry. [ad. OF. faussonerie, fauxonerie, f. faussoner to deceive, f. faus FALSE.] Fraud, in the legal sense; falsification of deeds or measures, coining false money, etc.
1647. N. Bacon, Discourse of the Laws & Government of England, I. lxii. (1682), 121. Felonies, of Manslaughter, Burning, Robbery, Ravishment, and Fausonry, are to be punished with loss of Member and Estate. Ibid., 122. Fauxoury is of several degrees or kinds:… as falsifying the King’s Charter: and whether falsifying of Money were in that condition or not, I leave; or falsifying of Measures, yet more inferior, I cannot determine.
