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Dolo

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In Spanish law. Bad or mischievous design. White, New Recop. b.

1, tits Ihee.d; 8 0.

Dolo facit qui petit quod redditurus est

He acts with guile who demands that which he will have to return.

Broom, Max. 346.

Dolo malo pactum se non servaturum, Dig. 2, 14,7,§9. An agreement induced by fraud cannot stand. Dolosus versatur in generalibus. A person intending to deceive deals in general terms.

Wing. Max. 636; 2 Coke, 34a; 6 Clark & F. 699; Broom. Max. 289.

Dolum ex indiciis perspicuis probari convenit. Fraud should be proved by clear tokens.

Code, 2, 21,6; 1 Story, Cont. § 625.