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Home Dictionary Name: false pretensesfalse pretenses
false pretenses : false representations concerning past or present facts that are made with the intent to defraud another ;also : the crime of obtaining title to another's property by false pretenses compare larceny by trick at larceny, theft ...
larceny
larceny pl: -nies [modification of Anglo-French larcine theft, from Old French larrecin, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron- latro mercenary soldier, brigand] : the unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently ;also : any of several types of theft (as embezzlement or obtaining another's property by false pretenses) that have been traditionally distinguished from larceny NOTE: Under the Model Penal Code and in states that follow it, larceny is a type of theft. In states where larceny is currently defined as a separate crime, it may include the crimes that were distinct from it under common law. grand larceny : felonious larceny of property having a value greater than an amount fixed by law ;also : larceny accompanied by aggravating circumstances (as the use of threats) larceny by trick : larceny of property obtained by the use of misrepresentation esp. in getting an owner to hand over something i...
Quackery
The acts arts or boastful pretensions of a quack false pretensions to any art empiricism...
dissimulation
The act of dissembling a hiding under a false appearance concealment by feigning false pretension hypocrisy...
Jactitation
Jactitation [fr. jactito, Lat., to boast], a false pretension to marriage, Canon Law.The suit of actitation of marriage (jactitationis matri-monii causa), though a rare proceeding, may still be brought in the Divorce Court by the express terms of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act,1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 6 (replaced by (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 21), when a person falsely boasts that he or she is married to another whereby a reputation of their marriage may ensue. The party injured sues for the purpose of having perpetual silence enjoined upon the unjustifiable boaster. See Thompson v. Rourke, 1893 P. 70....
nondischargeable debt
nondischargeable debt A debt that cannot be eliminated in bankruptcy. Examples include a home mortgage, debts for alimony or child support, certain taxes, debts for most government funded or guaranteed educational loans or benefit overpayments, debts arising from death or personal injury caused by driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, and debts for restitution or a criminal fine included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Some debts, such as debts for money or property obtained by false pretenses and debts for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity may be declared nondischargeable only if a creditor timely files and prevails in a nondischargeability action. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
objection to dischargeability
objection to dischargeability A trustee's or creditor's objection to the debtor being released from personal liability for certain dischargeable debts. Common reasons include allegations that the debt to be discharged was incurred by false pretenses or that debt arose because of the debtor's fraud while acting as a fiduciary. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
Daubery
A daubing specious coloring false pretenses...
Sincerity
The quality or state of being sincere honesty of mind or intention freedom from simulation hypocrisy disguise or false pretense sincereness...
Theft
Theft, larceny, which see.The felonious taking and removing of another's personal property with intent of depriving the true owner of it; larceny 2 Broadly, any act or instance of stealing including larceny, burglary, embezzle-ment and false pretenses, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1487....
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