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Fr. Fa Uen. Id. CHEAT or CHEATING. In criminal law. The oflfence of defrauding, or endeavori Dg to defraud another of his known right, by means of some artful device, contrary to the plain rules of common honesty. Hawk. P. C. b.

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71. — The offence of fraudulently obtaining the property of another by any deceitful and illegal practice or token (short of felony,) which affects or may affect the public.

Steph. Grim, Law, 93. See 2 Russell on Crimes, 275 — 317. b. 4, c. 31. Wharton's Am. Crim. Law, 444—463. Lewis' U. S. Crim. Law, 150 — 199. U. S. Dig. <t Supplement, Cheat. U. S. Ann. Dig. 1847, 1848, h. t.