Discussion 1 Flashcards
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-Any material that contains marks, symbols, or sign either visible. partially visible, or invisible that may ultimately convey a meaning or message to someone. Pencil or ink writing, typewriting or printing on paper are the more usual or forms of documents
DOCUMENT
Latin word of document?
“documentum” - “lesson”, or “example”
French word of document?
“docere” to teach
- any document which some issue has been raised or that which is under scrutiny) It is a document that has been questioned in whole or in part with respect to its authenticity, identity, origin, or its relation among its parts and other things.
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
it is also defined as any signatures, handwriting, typewriting, or other mark whose source or authenticity is in dispute or doubtful. Letters, checks, driver licenses, contracts, wills, voter registrations, passports, petitions, threatening letters, suicide notes, and lottery tickets are the most common questioned documents, although marks are the most common questioned documents, although marks on doors, walls, windows, or boards would also be included by definition.
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
- a term for a forensic science discipline pertaining to documents that are potentially disputed in a court of law. Its primary purpose is to provide evidence about a suspicious or questionable document using scientific processes and methods.
QUESTIONED DOCUMENT EXAMINATION
Who is the Father of Document Examination?
ALBERT OSBORN & WILSON R. HARRISON -
made the efforts on the development of questioned document examination both in the field and its acceptance by the courts
ALBERT OSBORN & WILSON R. HARRISON
- gained the fame as the “FATHER OF MODERN DOCUMENT EXAMINATION”
ALBERT OSBORN
- in his book “The Law of Disputed and Forged Documents”, states that “Forgery practiced in the earliest times in every country where writing was the medium of communication
J.NEWTON BAKER
- an earliest skill full forger in his time
TITUS
-berated Anthony for making profits by counterfeiting handwriting.
CICERO
- a most sensational case where detected through document examination that the diaries are to be forged.
HITLER DIARIES
The word “paper” is etymologically derived from
“papyrus”.
Ancient Greek for paper
Cyperus papyrus plant
is a thick, paper-like material produced from the pith of the Cyperus papyrus plant which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean cultures for writing long before the making of paper in China
Papyrus
are plants pressed and dried, while paper is made from fibres whose properties have been changed by maceration or disintegration.
Papyrus
→ is a “wood” like material primarily used for writing, first invented in ancient China. Although contemporary precursors such as papyrus and amate existed in the Mediterranean world and pre-Columbian America’s, respectively, these materials are not defined as true paper.
Paper
The first paper-making process was documented in ______
China during Eastern Han period (25-220 C.E.) traditionally attributed to the court official Cai Lun.
During this century Chinese paper-making spread to the Islamic world.
18th century
In this century paper-making was brought to medieval Europe, where it was refined with the earliest known paper mills utilizing waterwheels,
11th century
it was refined with the earliest known paper
mills utilizing waterwheels,
Later Western improvements to the paper making process came in the this century with the invention of wood-based papers.
19th century
→in this century Chinese paper was first introduced to Medieval India , however
the uses of paper was not widespread there until the 12th century.
India, 17th century.
