Mislead

mislead -led [-led] -lead·ing vt : to lead into a mistaken action or belief : to cause to have a false impression vi : to create a false impression compare deceive ...

misleading

misleading : possessing the capacity or tendency to create a mistaken understanding or impression compare deceptive, fraudulent ...

Fraud, a fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. It is a deception in order to gain by another's loss. It is a cheating intended to got an advantage, S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, AIR 1994 SC 853 (855): (1994) 1 SCC 1.A term used in a variety of meanings. At Common Law, fraud is actionable under the heading of deceit (q.v.).A knowing misrepresentation of the truth or con-cealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 670.In equity and upon the equitable principles which are now applicable in any Court of law, fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be of greater importance than the intention of the defendant or any representation made to the plaintiff, and the same may b...

false

false 1 : not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a : not true or correct ;esp : intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect [injured by accusations] b : intended to mislead or deceive : deceptive misleading compare fraudulent false·ly adv false·ness n ...

sham

sham : something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine adj : not genuine : intended to mislead or deceive : false illusory [the sale for one dollar was a transfer of property] ...

Vicarious responsibility

Vicarious responsibility. A principal is liable for acts of his agent within the scope of his mandate. If A., an innocent principal, by B. his agent to report, misleads C., his selling agent, and C., relying on the report, innocently misleads the buyer, the latter may recover damages against the principal for deceit if B.'s report was reckless and untrue, London County Freehold, etc. Properties, Ltd. v. Berkeley Pro-perty, etc. Co. Ltd., 155 LT 190. The knowledge of the principal and his agent is one, Pearson v. Dublin Corporation 1907 AC 351; although the functions may have been divided and one only of the con-stituents has been guilty, the mind, and with it the guilt, if any, and the act are collectively the principal's, and his responsibility. Qui facit per alium facit per se....

deceit

deceit : deliberate and misleading concealment, false declaration, or artifice : deception [theft by ] ;also : the tort of committing or carrying out deceit [an action for ] see also fraud, misrepresentation ...

deceive

deceive de·ceived de·ceiv·ing vt : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid vi : to practice deceit compare defraud, mislead ...

deceptive

deceptive : tending or having capacity to deceive [ trade practices] compare fraudulent, misleading ...

false light

false light : an untrue or misleading portrayal [unreasonably placed their family in a false light before the public "Cantrell v. Forest City Publishing Co., 419 U.S. 245 (1974)"] ;also : an invasion of privacy tort that is based on injury to the victim's reputation by such a portrayal (as in a publication) compare defamation, libel, slander NOTE: The false light cause of action is not recognized in all jurisdictions. Where it is recognized, the misrepresentation creating the false light does not need to be defamatory, but it must be offensive or objectionable to a reasonable person and made with knowledge of its inaccuracy. ...

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