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Suggestio falsi

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A false statement.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. Suggestion or representation of that which is faise; false representation. To recite in a deed that a will was duly executed, when it was not, is suggestio falsi; and to conceal from the heir that the wlil was not duly executed is suppressio veri. 1 P. Wms. 240.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Z. Representation of untruth; false representation.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. A false representation.