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Bow-bearer

all manner of trespasses done, either to vert or venison, and cause them to be presented without any concealment, in the next Court of attachment, etc., Crompt. Juris. 201

Infanticide

infanticide (and not murder) and punishable as for manslaughter. The jury may, however, find the woman guilty of concealment of birth under (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25Vict. c. 100), s. 60, or

Clandestine mortgages

of property or any interest therein for money or money's worth as a purchaser, or his agent, who conceals any instrument or incumbrance material to the title with intent to defraud, is made guilty of mis-demeanour punishable

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Misrepresentation

essentially material to the subject, whether by acts or bywords, by man'uvres, or by positive assertions or material concealment (suppressio veri) whereby a person is misled and damnified. In equity it is immaterial whether the misrepresent or

Obreptitious

Done or obtained by surprise with secrecy or by concealment of the truth

Treasure-trove

case it belongs to the Crown: see Jervis on Coroners, p. 2. Bracton defines it, vetus depositio pecuni'. Concealing treasure-trove is punishable by fine or imprisonment. Coroners have jurisdiction to inquire of treasure-trove, under s. 36 of

Treasure

or in anything affixed thereto. (Indian Treasure Trover Act, 1878, s. 3) The term treasure means an article concealed in the soil, the woner of article not being known, AIR 1967 Pat 312 (314). [Treasure Trove Act

Subreption

Subreption, the obtaining a gift from the Crown by concealing what is true.

Prevarication

a feigned prosecution. Also, any secret abuse committed in a public office or private commission; also, the wilful concealment or misrepresentation of truth, by giving evasive or equivocating evidence.

Occultatio thesauri inventi fraudulosa

Occultatio thesauri inventi fraudulosa. 3 Inst. 133, (The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent.)

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