defrauding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 285 U.S. 518 - United States v. Scharton · 1932Most cited · 343 citing opinions
limitation proviso
the purpose of the proviso is to apply the six-year period to cases 'in which defrauding or an attempt to defraud the United States is an ingredient under the statute defining the offense
How often courts cite the cases defining “defrauding”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “defrauding” — 607 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1926–1932
- ORIGINAL
it is used in connection with the words 'cheating or swindling,' indicating that it is to be construed in the manner in which those words are ordinarily used, as relating to the fraudulent causing of pecuniary or property loss
§35 Penal Code