Pretend - Law Dictionary Search Results
Cabala
contains a hidden sense and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means
Feigned issue
(8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), s. 19, questions of fact were often tried by means of a pretended wager between the parties interested. But by the last-named Act, in every case, where any Court of Law
Impostor
Impostor means one who pretends to be someone else to deceive others, esp., to receive the benefits of a negotiable instrument, Black's Law
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Go slow
Go slow, Go-slow which is a picturesque description of deliberate delaying of production by workman pretending to be engaged in the factory is one of the most pernicious practices that discontented or disgruntled workmen
Gaming
s. 11] Gaming is an inclusive definition which includes a game of chance and skill combined or a pretended game of chance or of chance and skill combined. M.J. Sivani v. State of Karnataka, AIR 1995 SC
Fortune-tellers
Fortune-tellers, persons pretending or professing to tell fortunes are punishable as rogues and vagabonds under the Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo.
Charities, or Public Trusts
Charities, or Public Trusts. One of the earliest fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was a permission to his subjects to bequeath their property to the Church. This permission
False pretence, obtaining property
obtained by means of such false pretence. The false pretence may be by giving a cheque which the pretender has no authority to draw, but to give a cheque on an account on which the drawer has
Faint action
Faint action, a feigned action, Co. Litt. 361. An action brought for an illegal purpose on a pretended right. Black's Law Dictionary.
Exaction
Exaction, a wrong done by an officer, or one in pretended authority, by taking a reward or fee for what which the law allows not, whereas extortion is where
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