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Vagrants

craft or device, by palmistry, or otherwise [this includes 'Spiritualism'-Monck v. Hilton, (1877) 2 Ex D 268], to deceive [see R. v. Entwistle, (1899) 1 QB 846] and impose on any of his Majesty's subjects. (3) Every

Sorcery

one year's imprisonment on conviction. Persons using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive the people, are rogues and vagabonds, and to be punished with imprisonment and hard labour, Vagrancy Act, 1824

Scheme

plan; a connected or orderly arrangement, esp. of related concepts 2. An artful plot or plan usu. to deceive others, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1346. Scheme, denotes the systematic programme of action has to be

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Reckless disregard of the truth

Reckless disregard of the truth, means a reckless lack of attention to the truth that misleads or deceives another (as a Magistrate), State v. O'Neil, 879 p. 2d 950 (1994). Means disregard of the truth or

Professional misconduct

the confidence of a client, in attempting by any means to practise a fraud or impose on or deceive the court or the adverse party or his counsel, and in fact in any conduct which tends to

Palmistry

the character, and assuming to foretell the future, by inspection of the hands. Pretending to tell fortunes or deceiving 'by palmistry or otherwise' renders the palmist liable to conviction as a rogue and vagabond. See R. v.

Lex est tutissima cassis, sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur

clypeo legis nemo decipitur [Lat.], Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law none are deceived.

Colourable alteration

Colourable alteration. An alteration or imitation calculated to deceive or otherwise conceived for the purpose of passing off goods as goods of a different make or to

Intent to defraud

Intent to defraud, contains two elements viz., deceit and injury. A person is said to deceive another when by practising 'suggestion falsi' or 'suppressioveri' or both he intentionally induces another to believe a thing

Impostor

Impostor means one who pretends to be someone else to deceive others, esp., to receive the benefits of a negotiable instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 760.

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Vagrants

craft or device, by palmistry, or otherwise [this includes 'Spiritualism'-Monck v. Hilton, (1877) 2 Ex D 268], to deceive [see R. v. Entwistle, (1899) 1 QB 846] and impose on any of his Majesty's subjects. (3) Every

Sorcery

one year's imprisonment on conviction. Persons using any subtle craft, means, or device, by palmistry or otherwise, to deceive the people, are rogues and vagabonds, and to be punished with imprisonment and hard labour, Vagrancy Act, 1824

Scheme

plan; a connected or orderly arrangement, esp. of related concepts 2. An artful plot or plan usu. to deceive others, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1346. Scheme, denotes the systematic programme of action has to be

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Reckless disregard of the truth

Reckless disregard of the truth, means a reckless lack of attention to the truth that misleads or deceives another (as a Magistrate), State v. O'Neil, 879 p. 2d 950 (1994). Means disregard of the truth or

Professional misconduct

the confidence of a client, in attempting by any means to practise a fraud or impose on or deceive the court or the adverse party or his counsel, and in fact in any conduct which tends to

Palmistry

the character, and assuming to foretell the future, by inspection of the hands. Pretending to tell fortunes or deceiving 'by palmistry or otherwise' renders the palmist liable to conviction as a rogue and vagabond. See R. v.

Lex est tutissima cassis, sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur

clypeo legis nemo decipitur [Lat.], Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law none are deceived.

Colourable alteration

Colourable alteration. An alteration or imitation calculated to deceive or otherwise conceived for the purpose of passing off goods as goods of a different make or to

Intent to defraud

Intent to defraud, contains two elements viz., deceit and injury. A person is said to deceive another when by practising 'suggestion falsi' or 'suppressioveri' or both he intentionally induces another to believe a thing

Impostor

Impostor means one who pretends to be someone else to deceive others, esp., to receive the benefits of a negotiable instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 760.

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