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"Section F, G and H"

-- False
galena
. See Blende. -- False
imprisonment
(Law), the arrest and imprisonment
of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the
unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
-- False
keel
(Naut.), the timber below the main keel,
used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral
resistance.
-- False key, a picklock.
-- False leg. (Zoöl.) See
Proleg.
-- False membrane
(Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and
diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane.
--
False papers (Naut.), documents carried
by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo,
destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving.
--
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural
passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and
produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.

-- False personation (Law), the
intentional false assumption of the name and personality of
another.


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