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Stolen property

Stolen property, there can be no offence of dishonestly receiving stolen property unless the property which is alleged to be the subject of such receiving, answers the

Forgery

of the Indian Penal Code to mean that a person is said to make a false document who dishonestly or fraudulently makes, signs, seals or executes a document or part of a document, State of Uttar Pradesh

Extortion

intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person, or to any other, and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put in fear to deliver to any person any property or valuable security, or

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Entrusted

sense and includes all cases in which property is voluntarily handed over for a specific purpose and is dishonestly disposed of contrary to the terms on which possession has been handed over, Som Nath Puri v. State

Cheating

Cheating, Cheating is defined as whoever, by deceiving any person, fraudulently or dishonestly induces the person so deceived to deliver any property to any person or to consent that any person

Shyster

A trickish knave one who carries on any business especially legal business in a mean and dishonest way

Waiver

Waiver, in an intentional relinquishment of a known right. There can be waiver unless the person against whom the waiver is claimed had full knowledge of his rights and of facts enabling him to take effectual...

Pettifogger

Pettifogger [fr. petit, Fr., little, and vogueur, a rower], a dishonest lawyer in a mean way of business, Cant. term.

Odiosa et inhonestanonsunt in lege pr'sumenda; et in facto quod inse habet et bonum et malum, magis de bono quam de malo pr'sumendum est

Odiosa et inhonestanonsunt in lege pr'sumenda; et in facto quod inse habet et bonum et malum, magis de bono quam de malo pr'sumendum est. Co. Litt. 78, (Odious and dishonest things are not to be presumed...

Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour, Word 'misbehaviour' used in cl. 2 of Inquiries Act is not vague; it would certainly mean a lapse from proper standard of conduct in discharge of functions as a government servant. Every dishonest act of...

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