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Fraudful

Full of fraud deceit or treachery trickish treacherous fraudulent applied to persons or things

Bona fide

Bona fide, is characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit; valid under or in compliance with the law; made with or characterized by sincerity; being real or genuine,

Fraudulence

The quality of being fraudulent deliberate deceit trickishness

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Deceive

a man to believe a thing to be true which is false and which the person practising the deceit knows or believes to be false, London and Globe Finance Corpn. Ltd. (in re:), (1903) 1 Ch 728.

Constructive fraud

aside a transaction entered into as the result of conduct which, though not amounting to actual fraud or deceit, is contrary to good conscience. Such conduct, which is described as 'constructive fraud', Nocton v. Lord Ashburton, 1914

Clandestine mortgages

guilty of mis-demeanour punishable by fine and imprisonment and also to an action for damages if sustained. See DECEIT; FRAUD.

Brede

Brede [adj.], broad, Bract. Also in Saxon, deceit.

Case, action on the

a term of art. For different kinds of actions of trespass on the case, see Malicious Prosecution; Negligence; Deceit; Libel; Slander; Seduction; Lights; Ways; Seducing From Service. A proceeding, action, suit or controversy at law or in

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a Court; (5) Abuse of the process of a Court, and (6) Forgery of writs, or any other deceit tending to impose on a Court, Leach's Hawk. P. Cr., c. 22, s. 33. The issue of writs

Self imposture

Imposture practiced on ones self self deceit

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