Pretension - Law Dictionary

false pretenses

false pretenses : false representations concerning past or present facts that are made with the intent to defraud another ;also : the crime of obtaining title to another's property by false pretenses compare larceny by trick at larceny, theft ...

Pretensed right

Pretensed right: where one is in possession of land, and another, who is out of possession claims and sues for it; here the pretensed right is said to be in him who so claims and sues, Mod. Cas. 302.By s. 2 of 32 Hen. 8, c. 9, no one might sell or purchase any title to land, unless the vendor had received the profits, or been in possession of the land, or of the reversion or remainder, for one whole year, on pain that both purchaser and vendor should each forfeit the value of such land to the King and the prosecutor; but a right of entry may be sold by virtue of the Real Property Act, 1845, s. 6, repealed by, and see now, Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 4 (2), and to recover under s. 2 of 32 Hen. 8, c. 9 (which is now repealed by s. 11 of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897 (now repealed)), it had to be shown that the buyer knew the title to be bad, Kennedy v. Lyell, (1885) 15 QBD 491....

Pretense

The act of laying claim the claim laid assumption pretension...

Pretenseful

Abounding in pretenses...

larceny

larceny pl: -nies [modification of Anglo-French larcine theft, from Old French larrecin, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron- latro mercenary soldier, brigand] : the unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently ;also : any of several types of theft (as embezzlement or obtaining another's property by false pretenses) that have been traditionally distinguished from larceny NOTE: Under the Model Penal Code and in states that follow it, larceny is a type of theft. In states where larceny is currently defined as a separate crime, it may include the crimes that were distinct from it under common law. grand larceny : felonious larceny of property having a value greater than an amount fixed by law ;also : larceny accompanied by aggravating circumstances (as the use of threats) larceny by trick : larceny of property obtained by the use of misrepresentation esp. in getting an owner to hand over something i...

Pretence

See Pretense Pretenseful Pretenseless...

Quackery

The acts arts or boastful pretensions of a quack false pretensions to any art empiricism...

Quiete clamare

Quiete clamare, means to quit claim or renounce all pretensions of right and title, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1261.Quiete clamare, to quit claim, or renounce all pretensions of right and title, Bract. 1.5....

color of office

color of office :the pretense or appearance of official authority in one who is without the authority claimed ...

nondischargeable debt

nondischargeable debt A debt that cannot be eliminated in bankruptcy. Examples include a home mortgage, debts for alimony or child support, certain taxes, debts for most government funded or guaranteed educational loans or benefit overpayments, debts arising from death or personal injury caused by driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, and debts for restitution or a criminal fine included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Some debts, such as debts for money or property obtained by false pretenses and debts for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity may be declared nondischargeable only if a creditor timely files and prevails in a nondischargeability action. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...

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