True

1.

Conforming to the fact; actual; real.

2.

Honest; sincere; not knowingly false or misstated.

Compare JuST, 2.

In one sense that only is " true " which is conformable to the actual state of things; and in that sense a statement is " untrue " which does not express things exactly as they are. But in another and broader sense " true" is often used as a synonym of honest, sincere, not fraudulent. ^ What a life insurance company requires of an app Ucant in making " fair and true answers " to questions put, as a condition precedent to a binding contract, is, that he shall, observe the utmost good faith toward it, and make full, direct, and honest answers to all questions, without evasion or fraud, and without suppression, misrepresentation or concealment of facts with which the company ought to be made acquainted. ^ Primafacie^' untrue " means inaccurate, not necessarily willfully false.^ True bill. See Ignore. Truth. Actuality, reality, verity; veracity, veraciousness.

Compare Fact; Faith; Verify; Verum; Voir; Vouch. See Evidence; Libel, 5; Oath; Slander; Reputation; Value.