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a false representation. of a material past or existing fact. which the person making the representation knows is false. made for the purpose of causing. and which does cause. the victim to pass title. to his property [3] [broken footnote] False pretenses is a statutory offense in most jurisdictions; subject matter covered by statute varies ...
The 1902 constitution contained a clause that disenfranchised Virginians convicted of numerous crimes, including "treason or of any felony, bribery, petit larceny, obtaining money or property under false pretenses, embezzlement, forgery, or perjury." The current constitution was adopted in 1972. [3]
Mail fraud was first defined in the United States in 1872. 18 U.S.C. § 1341 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use ...
Title page to the Code of 1819, formally titled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia. The Code of Virginia is the statutory law of the U.S. state of Virginia and consists of the codified legislation of the Virginia General Assembly. The 1950 Code of Virginia is the revision currently in force. The previous official versions were the Codes ...
Fred Zain. Frederick Salem Zain (April 14, 1951 – December 2, 2002) [1] [2] was an American forensic laboratory technician in West Virginia and Bexar County, Texas, who falsified serology [3] results to obtain convictions.
v. t. e. In criminal law, actus reus ( / ˈæktəs ˈreɪəs /; pl.: actus rei ), Latin for "guilty act", is one of the elements normally required to prove commission of a crime in common law jurisdictions, the other being mens rea ("guilty mind"). In the United States it is sometimes called the external element or the objective element of a crime.
As I’ve mentioned fairly often in this space, I spent five years as a nearly around-the-clock caregiver to my first wife, Renee, as she died of cancer in the early 2000s.
In common law jurisdictions, a misrepresentation is a false or misleading [1] statement of fact made during negotiations by one party to another, the statement then inducing that other party to enter into a contract. [2] [3] The misled party may normally rescind the contract, and sometimes may be awarded damages as well (or instead of ...