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contracts. The unlawful suppression of any fact or circumstance, by one of the parties to a contract, from the other, which in justice ought to be made known 2. Fraud occurs when one person substantially misrepresents or conceals a material fact peculiarly within his own knowledge, in consequence of which a delusion exists; or uses a device naturally calculated to lull the … [Read more...] about CONCEALMENT

One not made voluntarily but exacted by duress threats the enforcement of legal process or unconscionably taking advantage of another. … [Read more...] about COMPULSORY PAYMENT

Fr. In French law. To grant See CONCESSION. … [Read more...] about CONCEDER

One of several neighbors of a person accused of a crime, or charged as a defendant in a civil action, who, appeared and swore that they believed him on his oath. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Formerly, when a person was accused of a crime, or sued in a civil action, he might purge himself upon oath of the accusation made against him, whenever the proof was not … [Read more...] about COMPURGATOR

Lat. I grant. A word used in old Anglo-Saxon grants, and in statutes merchant … [Read more...] about CONCEDO