A statement of a falsehood. This amounts to a fraud whenever the party making it was bound to disclose the truth. 2. The following is an example of a case where chancery will interfere and. set aside a contract as fraudulent, on account of the suggestio falsi: a purchaser applied to the seller to purchase a lot of wild land, and represented to him it was worth nothing, except … [Read more...] about SUGGESTIO FALSI
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SUITORS’ FEE FUND
A fund in the, English court of chancery into which the fees of suitors In that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SUITORS’ FEE FUND
SUFFER
To suffer an act to be done, by a person who can prevent it, is to permit or consent to it; to approve of it, and not to hinder it. It Implies a willingness of the mind. See In re Rome Planing Mill (C. C.) 96 Fed. 815; Wilson v. Nelson, 183 U. S. 191, 22 Sup. Ct. 74, 46 L. Ed. 147; Selleck v. Selleck, 19 Conn. 505; Gregory v. U. S., 10 Fed. Cas. 1197; In re Thomas (D. C.) 103 … [Read more...] about SUFFER
SUFFERANCE
Toleration; negative permission by not forbidding; passive consent ; license implied from the omission or neglect to enforce an adverse right. Sufferance wharves. In English law. These are wharves in which goods may be landed before any duty is paid. They are appointed for the purpose by the commissioners of the customs. 2 Steph. Comm. 500, note. … [Read more...] about SUFFERANCE
SUFFERENTIA PACIS
Lat. A grant or sufferance of peace or truce. … [Read more...] about SUFFERENTIA PACIS