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Deceit
and defraud another. In an action of deceit the plaintiff must prove that the defendant has made a false statement, knowing that it was false or without any belief in its truth or without caring whether it … Horseless Carriage Co., (1900) 1 QB 504, and see also Sched. XI of the Act of 1929 and MISREPRESENTATION; FRAUD. There was formerly a writ of deceit, which was an action brought in the Common Pleas to
Statement of fact
can be one which is capable of proof as 'false' and which the maker either 'believe to be false' or 'did not believe to be true' at the time of making it. A question of fact is … evidence to be right or wrong, Gadakh Y.K. v. Bala Saheb Vikhe Patil, AIR 1994 SC 678. [See Representation of People Act (43 of 1957), s. 123(4)]
Candidate
election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which such writ has been issued. Making certain false statements about a candidate is an illegal practice, and may also be restrained by injunction. [see (English) Municipal
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Trial
unless the Court otherwise orders; but where fraud is alleged, or in cases of libel, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, seduction, or breach of promise of marriage, an order is made for trial by a jury on … AIR 1996 SC 1340 (1346): (1996) 4 SCC 127. (ii) The word 'trial' in s. 98 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 means the entire proceeding before the Tribunal from the reference to it by the
fraud
in this entry used esp. in New Jersey extrinsic fraud : fraud (as that involved in making a false offer of compromise) that induces one not to present a case in court or deprives one of the … 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
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