Fraudulent representation
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A false statement, made with knowledge of its falsity, with the intention to persuade another or influence his action, and on which that other relies and by which he is deceived to his prejudice.
See Wakefield Rattan Co. v. Tappan, 70 Hun, 405, 24 N. Y. Supp. 430; Montgomery St. Ry. Co., v. Matthews, 77 Ala. 364, 54 Am. Rep. 60; Righter v. Roller, 31 Ark. 174; Page v. Parker, 48 N. H. 363, 80 Am. Dec. 172.