Magic Trick - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: magic trickmagic trick
An feat of illusion performed by an illusionist which appears magical to naive observers...
Magically
In a magical manner by magic or as if by magic...
Confidence trick
Confidence trick. Where A. persuaded B. by a trick to deposit money or property with A. or a third party in order to show that B. trusts A. or the third party. Usually a preliminary to some joint but fictitious undertaking promising enormous bene-fits to B. Where the possession of money or goods is obtained under a contract induced by fraud, the person so fradulently obtaining possession may be convicted of larceny. In order to reduce the taking under such circumstances from larceny to fraud the transaction must be incomplete. The term 'confidence trick' is also familiarly applied to other cases, of which there are many examples. See R. v. Russett, (1892) 2 QB 312, in which the prisoner purported to sell a horse for 23l., and required the buyer to pay 8l. forthwith and the balance on delivery of the horse, but never in fact delivered the horse or intended to do so, R. v. Buckmaster, (1887) 20 QBD 182, 'welching' on a racecourse....
Magic remedy
Magic remedy, includes a talisman, mantra, kavacha, and any other charm of any kind which is alleged to possess miraculous powers for or in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease in human beings or animals or for affecting or influencing in any way the structure or any organic function of the body of human beings or animals. [Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 (21 of 1954), s. 2(c)]...
magic bullet
A drug or therapy or preventive that cures or prevents a disease with only minimal side effects as there is no magic bullet against cancer...
magic spell
A verbal formula considered to have magical force...
Magic
Magic, witchcraft and sorcery. See WITCHCRAFT....
larceny by trick
larceny by trick see larceny ...
Abracadabra
Abracadabra, term used to denote a magic spell or trick. 'Law is not abracadabara, but at once pragmatic and astute and does not surrender its power before scary exaggeration of security by prison bosses' [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1720), para 192]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
Demonomagy
Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked black or infernal magic...
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