Self Deceit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: self deceitSelf deceit
The act of deceiving ones self or the state of being self deceived self deception...
Self imposture
Imposture practiced on ones self self deceit...
Self deception
Self deceit...
Deceit
Deceit [fr. deceptio, Lat.], fraud, cheat, craft, or collusion used to deceive and defraud another. In an action of deceit the plaintiff must prove that the defendant has made a false statement, knowing that it was false or without any belief in its truth or without caring whether it was true or not, and intending that the plaintiff should rely upon it and that the statement was relied upon by the plaintiff and caused damage; non-disclosure may be fradulent, see Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi,' and Cackett v. Keswick, (1902) 2 Ch 456, and Christine Ville Rubber Estates, (1911) 28 TLR 38, and CONCEALMENT [Smith v. Chadwick, (1884) 9 AC 187, and Dery v. Peek, (1889) 14 App Cas 337]. Under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 37, a special action for deceit will lie at the instance of any subscriber for shares or debentures who has subscribed for these on the faith of a prospectus inviting him to subscribe against any director, or person named or referred to as a director in the prospe...
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 ...
Deceitful
Full of or characterized by deceit serving to mislead or insnare trickish fraudulent cheating insincere...
Deceitfulness
The disposition to deceive as a mans deceitfulness may be habitual...
self-insure
self-insure : to insure by self-insurance (as in workers' compensation) [an employer wishing to its liability "Pennsylvania Statutes"] vi : to use self-insurance [a governmental agency that s] self-in·sur·er n ...
Self acting
Acting of or by ones self or by itself said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency automatic as a self acting feed apparatus a self acting mule a self acting press...
Self government
The act of governing ones self or the state of being governed by ones self self control self command...
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