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Suppressio.L

Defined in 1 dictionary — Anderson (1889)

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Concealing, misrepresenting; literally, pressing down or under, holding back. Opposed, suggestio, intimation. Suppressio veri, suggestio falsi. Concealment of the truth is (equivalent to) statement of what is false: suppression of fact, which should be disclosed, is the same in efi Eect as willful misrepresentation.^ See further Deceit; Fkaud; Representation, 1.