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Moral Fraud

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Fraud involving actual turpitude, as distinguished from mere constructive fraud.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A fraud involving moral wrong.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

This phrase is one of the less usual designations of "actual" or "positive" fraud or "fraud in fact," as distinguished from "constructive" fraud or "fraud in law." It means fraud which involves actual guilt, a wrongful purpose, or moral obliquity.

Defined under Moral in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

This phrase is one of the less usual designations of “actual” or “positive” fraud or “fraud in fact,” as distinguished from “constructive” fraud or “fraud in law.” It means fraud which involves actual guilt, a wrongful purpose, or moral obliquity.