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    Wales, the common law was amended by the Misrepresentation Act 1967. The general principle of misrepresentation has been adopted by the United States and...
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  • Racial or ethnic misrepresentation occurs when someone deliberately misrepresents their racial or ethnic background. It may occur for a variety of reasons...
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    law principles of misrepresentation. Prior to the Act, the common law position was that there were two categories of misrepresentation: fraudulent and innocent...
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  • litigation in tort, or contract law (where it is known as misrepresentation or fraudulent misrepresentation if deliberate), or give rise to criminal prosecution...
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  • A concept of English law that has been adopted in India, a misrepresentation is an untrue or misleading statement of fact made during negotiations by...
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    Somebody misrepresents a material fact in order to obtain action or forbearance by another person The other person relies upon the misrepresentation The other...
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  • Edgington v Fitzmaurice (category English misrepresentation case law)
    concerning misrepresentation. It holds that a statement of present intentions can count as an actionable misrepresentation and that a misrepresentation need...
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    encourages those who viewed the film to take the pledge against gender misrepresentations by using hashtags like #RepresentHer and #DisruptTheNarrative. The...
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    deliberate underestimation has been named by Jones and Euske "strategic misrepresentation". Apart from psychological explanations, the phenomenon of the planning...
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    that heterosexual marriages should be defended from "every possible misrepresentation of their true nature". In a message released 14 November 2006, during...
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    Heilbut, Symons & Co v Buckleton (category English misrepresentation case law)
    given by the House of Lords on misrepresentation and contractual terms. It held that a non-fraudulent misrepresentation gave no right to damages. This...
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    idealized[dubious – discuss] view of the situation to avoid confusion (misrepresentation) and strengthen other elements (e.g., fronts, dramatic realization)...
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  • sudden downturn in the property market, a person guilty of deceitful misrepresentation is liable for all the claimant's losses, even if they have been increased...
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    stressed Oppenheimer's "defects of character", "falsehoods, evasions and misrepresentations", and past associations with Communists and people close to Communists...
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  • oral or written. The misrepresentation has to be affirmative. A failure to disclose a fact does not fit this misrepresentation in common law, unless...
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  • Age fabrication occurs when people deliberately misrepresent their true age. This is usually done with intent to garner privileges or status that would...
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    Royscot Trust Ltd v Rogerson (category English misrepresentation case law)
    [1991] EWCA Civ 12 is an English contract law case on misrepresentation. It examines the Misrepresentation Act 1967 and addresses the extent of damages available...
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  • During the 2004 United States elections, there was controversy around various aspects of the voting process, including whether voting had been made accessible...
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    elected. Though the religion was banned in the 1970s and 1980s, due to misrepresentations of foreign governments, the ban was lifted by the end of the 1980s...
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  • accounts linked to the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik which had misrepresented themselves as independent news or general interest pages. Facebook later...
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    (Amendment) Act 2021 to introduce Section 76B, which criminalizes actions that misrepresent Mauritius' sovereignty over any part of its territory. The law applies...
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    modified by developments in the law of estoppel, misleading conduct, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and power of acceptance. Treitel defines an offer...
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    articles. The marketing of reiki has been described as "fraudulent misrepresentation", and itself as a "nonsensical method", with a recommendation that...
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  • canonization (sainthood) of a candidate to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence favoring canonization". In common parlance, the phrase...
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  • protects the goodwill of a trader from misrepresentation. The law of passing off prevents one trader from misrepresenting goods or services as being the goods...
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    Hudnall, Hannah (August 16, 2024). "JD Vance's military achievements misrepresented in viral post". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 10...
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  • 2016, and wheelchair racer Tanni Grey-Thompson in 2017. Intentional misrepresentation may provide a competitive advantage to athletes to improve chances...
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    worth of business was an actionable misrepresentation. If someone is induced to enter a contract by any misrepresentation, whether fraudulent, negligent or...
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  • dictionary. How may refer to: How (greeting), a word used in some misrepresentations of Native American/First Nations speech How, an interrogative word...
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    resentment towards your informers, whoever they are, for such vile misrepresentations of my actions or those of my trusted subordinates." Roosevelt's role...
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