Deceive - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: deceiveCalculated to deceive
Calculated to deceive, are not free from ambiguity, for they may mean 'likely or reasonably likely to deceive' or 'intended to deceive', Turner v. Shearer, (1972) 1 All ER 377....
deceive
deceive de·ceived de·ceiv·ing vt : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi : to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead ...
Deceivable
Fitted to deceive deceitful...
Deceivableness
Capability of deceiving...
Deceivably
In a deceivable manner...
Deceiver
One who deceives one who leads into error a cheat an impostor...
Self deceived
Deceived or misled respecting ones self by ones own mistake or error...
Deceive
Deceive, is to induce 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....
Fraud
Fraud, a fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. It is a deception in order to gain by another's loss. It is a cheating intended to got an advantage, S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, AIR 1994 SC 853 (855): (1994) 1 SCC 1.A term used in a variety of meanings. At Common Law, fraud is actionable under the heading of deceit (q.v.).A knowing misrepresentation of the truth or con-cealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 670.In equity and upon the equitable principles which are now applicable in any Court of law, fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be of greater importance than the intention of the defendant or any representation made to the plaintiff, and the same may b...
fraud
fraud [Latin fraud- fraus] 1 a : any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage ;specif : a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth or falsity and with the intent to deceive another and that is reasonably relied on by the other who is injured thereby b : the affirmative defense of having acted in response to a fraud 2 : the crime or tort of committing fraud [convicted of securities ] see also misrepresentation NOTE: A tort action based on fraud is also referred to as an action of deceit. actual fraud : fraud committed with the actual intent to deceive and thereby injure another called also fraud in fact compare constructive fraud in this entry collateral fraud : extrinsic fraud in this entry constructive fraud : conduct that is considered fraud under the law despite the absence of an intent to...
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