Deceit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Fraus et dolus nemini patrocinari debent
Fraus et dolus nemini patrocinari debent. 3 Co. 78.-(Fraud and deceit ought not to benefit any person.)
Wilfully
477A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 means 'intentionally' or 'deliberately'. Intent to defraud contains two elements viz., deceit and injury. A person is said to deceive another when by practising 'suggestion falsi' or 'suppressio veri' or
Weights and measures
reducing the quantity and price of merchandise to a certainty, that there may be the less room for deceit and imposition. See AVOIRDUPOIS; TROY WEIGHT; and METRIC SYSTEM. The adjustment of weights and measures is a prerogative
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Good faith
of meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion or deceit; really, actually, without pretence and without intent to assist or act in furtherance of a fraudulent or otherwise
False representation
False representation. See DECEIT and REPRESENTATION.
Fraud
an unlawful or unfair advantage artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured injurious stratagem deceit trick
bona fide
bona fide [Latin, in good faith] 1 a : characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit [a bona fide offer] b : valid under or in compliance with the law [retirement incentives made part
clean hands
clean hands : innocence of wrongdoing or deceit [plaintiff must come into court with clean hands] see also clean hands doctrine
crimen falsi
crimen falsi [Latin, literally, crime of falsehood] : a crime (as perjury or fraud) involving deceit or falsification
deceive
: to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi : to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead
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