QUESTIONED DOCUMENT
LATIN WORD DOCUMENTUM MEANS LESSON OR EXAMPLE AND FRENCH WORD DOCERE MEANS TO
TEACH
STANDARD DOCUMENT – SET OF AUTHENTIC SPECIMEN
EXEMPLAR – TERM USE BY EXAMINER AND ATTORNEY TO CHARACTERIZE KNOWN MATERIAL
HOLOGRAPHIC – WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY ONE PERSON
REFERRENCE COLLECTION – ORGANIZE BY EXAMINER TO ASSIST HIM IN ANSWERING SPECIAL QUESTION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL – ENTIRELY WRITTEN BY TESTATOT
NOTARIAL WILL – SIGNED BUY TESTATOR ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE NOTARY W/ 3 WITNESSES
SCIENTIFIC COMPARISSON – DETERMINATION OF AUTHENTICITY LIES ON AVAILABILITY OF KNOWN
STANDARDS FOR COMPARISON
CRIMINALISTIC EXAMINATION – INVOLVES DETECTION OF FORGERY, ERASURE, ALTERATION
HANDWRITING INVESTIGATION/ ANALYSIS – FOCUS IN DETERMINING THE AUTHOR OF WRITING
HISTORICAL DATING – VERIFICATION OF AGE OF DOCUMENT
FRAUD INVESTIGATORS – FOCUSES IN THE MONEY TRAIL
PAPER AND INK SPECIALISTS –
FORGERY SPECIALISTS – ANALYZE ALTERATED, OBLITERATED
HANDWRITING ANALYSTS – PSYCHOLOGY EXPERTS WHO ASSIST PERSONALITY IN HANDWRITING ALSO
KNOWN AS GRAPHOLOGIST/GRAPHO ANALYST
FORENSIC STYLISTIC – FOCUSED ON SEMANTICS, SPELLING, WORD CHOICE, SYNTAX
TYPEWRITER ANALYSTS – EXPERTS ON ORIGIN OF TYPE WRITER MATERIAL
ACURACY – CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN RESULTS OBTAINED AND THE TRUTH
PRECISION – MEASURE OF THE CONSISTENCY
CURSIVE – CONNECTED
SCRIPT – SEPARATED
BLOCK – ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
EXTENSOR MUSCLES – UPWARD STROKE
FLEXOR – DOWNWARD
VARIATION – DIFFERENCES IN ONES HANDWRITTINGS
ALLIGNMENT – ALLIGN IN THE BASELINE
ANGULAR FORMS – STRAIGHT, STOP AND CHANGE DIRECTION
ARCADE FORMS – ARC LIKE
CACOGRAPHY – BAD WRITING
CALLIGRAPHY – GOOD WRITING
CHARACTERISTIC- MARK THAT DISTINGUISH USED IN EXAMINATION
COLLATION – SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON
DISGUISED WRITING – CONCEAL THE IDENTITY
FORM – THE WRITERS CHOSEN WRITING STYLE
GARLAND FORMS – U LIKE
GESTALT – COMPLETE OR WHOLE
GRAPHOANALYSIS – STUDY OF WITING BASED ON CURVE AND STRAIGHT STROKES
GRAPHOMETRY – MEASUREMENT
HAND LETERRING/HAND PRINTING – DISCONNECTED STYLE OF WRITING
LINE DIRECTION – MOVEMENT OF THE BASELINE
LINE QUALITY – CHARACTER OF INK
MANUSCRIPT – TAUGHT IN YOUNG CHILDREN
MODEL HANDWRITING/ SIGNATURE – BASIS OF FORGERY
NATURAL VARIATION – NORMAL DEVIATION IN WRITING
PRITSCRIPT – COMBINATION OF CURSIVE AND PRINTING
QUALITY – A DISTINCT OR PECULIAR CHARACTER
RHYTHM – RECURRENCES
SIGNIFICANT WRITING HABIT – UNCOMMON; CAN SERVE AS POINT OF IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEM OF WRITING – TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
THREADY FORM – LOOKS FLAT AND WAVY
VARIABILITY – WRITING VARIES FROM THE COPY BOOK
VARIATION – PROCESS OF CHANGING
STROKES – SERIES OF LINES OR CURVES WRITTEN IN A SINGLE LETTER
COVERING STROKE – UNNECESSARILY COVERS ANOTHER STROKE
SUPPORTED STROKE – TAUGHT IN EUROPEAN SCHOOL
TRAIT STROKE – HANDWRITING ANALYSIS THAT ASSIGNS PERSONALITY TRAITS
FORGED OR SIMULATED – ASSUME THE EXACT WRITING PERSONALITY OF OTHER PERSON
DISGUISED – HIDE HIS OWN IDENTITY
WRITING HABITS – REPEATED ELEMENTS OF ONES HANDWRITINGS
BEAD – PINALAMUTIAN
BEARD – INITIAL UPSTROKE
BLUNT – BEGINNING AND ENDING
BOWL- OVAL
BUCKLENOT – LOOP MADE
EYE LIT – LOOP INSIDE THE OVAL
FOOT – PARTS THAT REST IN BASELINE
HIATUS/ PEN JUMP – GAP WITHOUT LIFTING THE PEN
HOOK – A MINUTE CURVE
HUMP – ROUNDED UPPER STROKE
KNOB – THE EXTRA DEPOSIT OF INK IN INITIAL AND TERMINAL STROKE
LIGATURE/ CONNECTION – CONNECTS TWO STROKE
LONG LETTERS – WITH UPPER AND LOWER LOOPS
MAJUSCULE – A CAPITAL LETTER
MINUSCULE – SMALL LETTER
SPUR – SHORT INITIAL OR TERMINAL STROKE
STEM OR SHANK – UPRIGHT LONG DOWNWARD STROKE
TICK/HITCH – SHORTS STROKE OCCURS AT THE TOP OF THE LETTERS
WHIRL – UPSTROKE OF A LOOPING ASCENDER
LOOSE WRITING – TOO MUCH FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
RESTRAINED WRITING – LACK OF FREEDOM
SIGNATURE – SIGN OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CROSS MARK – MARKING WITH AN X
EVIDENTIAL SIGNATURE – SIGNED AT A PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE
FRAUDULENT SIGNATURE – FORGED;
FREEHAND SIGNATURE – EXECUTED PURELY BY SIMULATION
GUIDED SIGNATURE – COMMONLY WRITTEN DURING A SERIOUS ILLNESS OR A DEATHBED
MODEL SIGNATURE – USE TO PREPARE FOR FORGERY
THEORY OF COMPARISON – SETTING TWO OR MORE SIGNATURE IN AN INVERTED POSITION
FORMAL – COMPLETE SIGNATURE
INFORMAL/CURSORY – ROUTINE DOCUMENTS AND PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
PERSONALIZED – FAMILY NAME IS NOT READABLE
SEMI – READABLE
CAFRELESS SCRIBBLE – FOR AUTOGRAPH COLLECTOR
SPURIOUS SIGNATURE – NOT COPYING THE MODEL
MAKING OF PAPER MONEY – THE LINE TO BE PRINTED ARE CUT INTO PIECES
LETTERPRESS PRINTING – ADDING SERIAL NUMBERS
OFFSET PRINTING – TAKEN OF PHOTOGRAPH
CASTING – MOST COMMON METHOD OF MAKING GOLD COINS
ANACHORISM – SOMETHING WRONG IN TIME AND PLACE
PAPYRUS –
PARCHMENT – MADE FROM SKIN OF ANIMALS; USED IN SPECIAL MANUSCRIPT
VELLUM – USED IN BOOK MAKING
CAI LUN/TSAI LUN – FIRST TO MAKE PAPER BY USED OF MULBERRY TREE
PEN – CAME FROM THE LATIN WORD PENNA MEANS FEATHER
QUIL PENS – HORNY PART OF FEATHER USUALLY FROM GOOSE
REED PENS/SWAMP PENS – FIRST USE IN PAPYRUS
STEEL POINT/BRAZEN PENS –
FOUNTAIN PEN – LEWIS WATERMAN
BALL POINT PEN – JOHN LOUD
FIBER TIP PEN – YUKIO HORIE
CLOGGED/ DIRTY TYPEFACES – PARTICULARLY IN ENCLOSED LETTERS
OFF ITS FEET – THE TYPEFACE IS HEAVIER ON ONE SIDE THAN OVER THE REMAINDER OF ITS OUTLINE
PERMANENT DEFECT – CANNOT BE CORRECTED BY SIMLY CLEANING
PLATEN – THE CYLINDER OF THE TYPE WRITER
TRANSITORY DEFECT – CAUSE BY DAMAGE RIBBON; CLOGGED TYPE
TWISTED LETTER – DAMAGE TYPE BARS
LETTERPRESS – OLDEST PROCESS IN PRINTING
INTAGLIO/ GRAVURE PRINTING
GRAVURE – SUNKEN LETTERS DRAWN OUT UNDER PRESSURE
ENGRAVING – THE PAPER IS FORCE OF A METAL PLATE
PLANOGRAPHIC – LITHOGRAPHY/ EMPLOYS THE PRINCIPLE OF PUTTING INK ON A TREATED SURFACE
STENCIL –
