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Misreading

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

When a deed is read falsely to an illiterate or blind man who is a party to it, such false reading amounts to a fraud, because the contract never had the assent of both parties; 5 Co. 19; 6 East 309. See SioNATUBE.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Reading a deed or other instrument to an llliterate or blind man (who is a party to it) in a false or deceitful manner, so that he conceives a wrong idea of ita tenor or contents. See 5 Coke, 19; 6 Bast, 309; Hallenbeck v. Dewitt, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 404.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Reading adeed or other instrument to an fliiterate or blind idea of its tenor or contents. Sea 5 Coke, 19: 6 Fast, 309; 2 Jolmns. 404.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889