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FALSE PRETENSES [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

An offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation.

OBS

Pretense - A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext: under false pretences.

OBS

false pretences; false pretenses: terms usually used in plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

moyens frauduleux; manœuvres frauduleuses : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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