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false representation

false representation : an untrue or incorrect representation regarding a material fact that is made with knowledge or belief of its inaccuracy see also misrepresentation

false statement

false statement : a statement that is known or believed by its maker to be incorrect or untrue and is made esp. with intent to deceive or mislead [submitted a false statement to obtain

loan fraud

loan fraud purposely giving incorrect information on a loan application in order to better qualify for a loan; may result in civil liability

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misnomer

indictment) ;specif : the institution of proceedings against and service of process on the correct party using the incorrect name compare idem sonans NOTE: Amendment of the pleadings is generally allowed in cases of misnomer.

Inaccurately

In an inaccurate manner incorrectly inexactly

reformation

and enforcing it as reformed NOTE: Reformation is allowed primarily to correct mistakes such as typographical errors or incorrectly chosen words. Occasionally reformation is permitted in cases of fraud or misrepresentation. Clear and convincing evidence of the

Checkerberry

A spicy plant and its bright red berry the wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry Mitchella repens

Clione

abundant in the Arctic Ocean constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio

Cui bono

Lit for whose benefit incorrectly understood it came to be used in the sense of what good or use and hence what purpose

curriculae

This is used commonly in the same sense as curricula and appears to have arisen due to an incorrect assumption that curricula is a Latin derived singular word

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