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false light

false light : an untrue or misleading portrayal [unreasonably placed their … false light : an untrue or misleading portrayal [unreasonably placed their family

False lights

False lights. S. 667 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57

False signal, or lights

1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97), s. 47. See FALSE LIGHTS.

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Lighthouse

to be paid out of the General Lighthouse Fund. See FALSE LIGHTS. (Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898, 161 & 62,

defamation

defamation 1 : communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or … v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section compare disparagement, false light, slander of title 2 : a defamatory communication [every repetition

invasion of privacy

publicizing information that unreasonably places him or her in a false light see also privacy compare right of privacy, zone of … information that unreasonably places him or her in a false light see also privacy compare right of privacy, zone of privacy

slander

oral defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for slander may be brought … defamation [sued his former employer for ] compare defamation, false light, libel NOTE: An action for slander may be brought without

Mislight

To deceive or lead astray with a false light … To deceive or lead astray with a false light

fraud

extrinsic fraud : fraud (as that involved in making a false offer of compromise) that induces one not to present a … law : fraud that is presumed to have occurred in light of the circumstances irrespective of intent to deceive fraud in

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