Uttering is a crime involving a person with the intent to defraud that knowingly sells, publishes or passes a forged or counterfeited document. More specifically, forgery creates a falsified document and uttering is the act of knowingly passing on or using the forged document.

What does uttering mean in legal terms?

Under common law, uttering is when a person offers as genuine a forged instrument with the intent to defraud. criminal law.

What does uttering something mean?

transitive verb. 1a : to send forth as a sound utter a sigh. b : to give utterance to : pronounce, speak refused to utter his name. c : to give public expression to : express in words utter an opinion. 2 : to put (notes, currency, etc.)