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innocent misrepresentation : a representation that is made in good faith and believed to be true by the one making it but that is in fact false ...
Misrepresentation
Misrepresentation, 'Misrepresentation' means and includes--(1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;(2) any breach of duty which, without an intent to deceive, gains an advantage to the person committing it, or any one claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him;(3) causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreement. [(English) Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 18)]Misrepresentation, i.e., suggestio falsi, if a matter of substance essentially material to the subject, whether by acts or bywords, by man'uvres, or by positive assertions or material concealment (suppressio veri) whereby a person is misled and damnified.In equity it is immaterial whether the misrepresent or knew the matter to be false, or asserted it, wi...
Representation
Representation, by public bodies, associations or individuals ventilating individual grievances are considered by Petitions Committee of Lok Sabha. Representations in the form of letters, telegrams, copies of resolutions are treated as representation and considered by the Petitions Committee, representations relating to the proceedings in the House or conduct of member are also considered by Petitions Committee Practice and Procedures of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, P. 964.Representation, is a description, account or state-ment of facts or arguments intended to influence action or make protest, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1235.Representation, means a statement regarding a fact, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 882.Representation, standing in the place of another for certain purposes, as heirs, executors, or administrators. See EXECUTOR; ADMINISTRATOR; PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; REAL REPRESENTATIVE.A presentation of fact-either by words or...
innocent spouse
innocent spouse : a spouse who may be relieved of liability for taxes on an amount of income that the other spouse failed to include on a joint return filed with the Internal Revenue Service NOTE: In order to be relieved of tax liability, the innocent spouse must prove that the other spouse omitted the amount of income, that he or she did not know and had no reason to know that the income had been omitted, and that it is unfair under the circumstances to hold the innocent spouse liable. ...
Innocent spouse
Innocent spouse, means a spouse who may be relived of liability for taxes on income that the other spouse did not include on a joint tax return. The innocent spouse must prove that the other spouse did not know and had no reason to know of the omission, and that it would be unfair under the circumstances to hold the innocent spouse liable, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 793....
innocent
innocent : characterized by innocence ...
Innocent conveyances
Innocent conveyances, a covenant to stand seized; a bargain and sale; and release; so called because, since they convey the actual possession by construction of law only, they do not confer a larger estate in property than the person conveying possesses, and therefore, if a greater interest be conveyed by these deeds than a person has, they are only void, pro tanto, for the excess. But a feoffment of such larger estate was a tortious conveyance, and therefore, under such circumstances, would have been void altogether, and produced a forfeiture. But by the 4th section of the Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), a feoffment made after October 1st, 1845, shall not have any tortuous operation. It is, therefore, an innocent conveyance....
misrepresentation
misrepresentation : an intentionally or sometimes negligently false representation made verbally, by conduct, or sometimes by nondisclosure or concealment and often for the purpose of deceiving, defrauding, or causing another to rely on it detrimentally ;also : an act or instance of making such a representation ...
Misrepresentation
Untrue representation false or incorrect statement or account usually unfavorable to the thing represented as a misrepresentation of a persons motives...
innocence
innocence : freedom from fault or guilt under the law: as a : the state of not being guilty of a particular crime or offense compare guilt b : the state of not being guilty of an act that constitutes a ground for divorce c : ignorance on the part of a party to a transaction of facts that would lead a person of ordinary prudence to make inquiries ...
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