False Statement - Law Dictionary Search Results
reckless disregard of the truth
truth or when there are obvious reasons to doubt the veracity and accuracy of a source [the knowingly false statement and the false statement made with reckless disregard of the truth, do not enjoy constitutional protection "Garrison v. … are obvious reasons to doubt the veracity and accuracy of a source [the knowingly false statement and the false statement made with reckless disregard of the truth, do not enjoy constitutional protection "Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 64
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 was … (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 36. Deceit is a false statement of a fact made by a person knowingly or recklessly with the intent that it shall be acted
Libel
House of Lords in White v. Mellin, 1895, AC 154, that an action will not lie for a false statement disparaging a trader's goods where no special damage is proved. Nor will any injunction be granted to restrain
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exculpatory no doctrine
exculpatory no doctrine : a doctrine in federal criminal law: an individual cannot be charged with making a false statement if the statement is a false denial of guilt made in response to a federal investigator's question NOTE: … Amendment protection against self-incrimination, and is often used as a defense to a charge of knowingly making a false statement. The doctrine is recognized in most federal Courts of Appeals.
Whoever legally bound by an oath or by an express provisions of law to state the truth
gone into the witness box or should not have made an affidavit and therefore the submission that any false statement which he had made after taking the oath is not covered by the words of s. 191, IPC
Trade libel
Trade libel, means a false statement that disparages the quality or reputation of another's product or business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500. … reputation of another's product or business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500. Trade libel. See LIBEL. A false statement that disparages the quality or reputation of another's product or business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1500.
false swearing
Matched in: Term false swearing
perjury
testimony, from per- detrimental to + jur- jus law] : the act or crime of knowingly making a false statement (as about a material matter) while under oath or bound by an affirmation or other officially prescribed declaration
Misbranded
to be misbranded-- (i) if its label contains any statement, design or graphic representation relating thereto which is false or misleading in any material particular, or if its package is otherwise deceptive in respect of its contents;
Corrupt practices
Corrupt practices. At elections these are treating, un-due influence, bribery, personation, making a false declaration as to election expenses, and incurring election expenses without the election agent's written authority. See Parliamentary Elections … The (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act,1911, makes it an illegal practice to publish certain false statements concerning a candidate. See also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss.
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