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Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the message has a tendency to believe it (although it's not always the case). [ 1] It is often done for personal gain or advantage. [ 2][ 3] Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda ...
The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor. who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment. Deceit dates in its modern development from Pasley v.
Self-deception. Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception .
Apate. In Greek mythology, Apate ( / ˈæpətiː /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπάτη Apátē) is the goddess and personification of deceit. Her mother is Nyx, the personification of the night. [1] [2] In Roman mythology her equivalent is Fraus (Fraud), while her male counterpart is Dolus (Deception), and her opposite number Aletheia, the goddess of ...
Lie. The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar.
In Islam, Taqiyya ( Arabic: تقیة, romanized : taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [ 1][ 2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [ 1][ 3][ 4][ 5] Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs. Hiding one's beliefs in non-Muslim nations has been practiced since the early ...
Derry v Peek [1889] UKHL 1 is a case on English contract law, fraudulent misstatement, and the tort of deceit . Derry v Peek established a 3-part test for fraudulent misrepresentation, [ 1] whereby the defendant is fraudulent if he: (iii) is reckless as to its truth. The House of Lords determined that, when issuing a prospectus, a company has ...
Dishonesty is acting without honesty. The term describes cheating, deficient probity, [1] lying, deliberate withholding of information, being deliberately deceptive, or showing knavishness, perfidiousness, corruption, treachery, or deficient integrity. Dishonesty is a basic feature of most offences defined in criminal law, such as fraud, which ...