SUPPRESSIO VERI
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
Lat. Suppression or concealment of the truth. “It is a' rule of equity, as well as of law, that a suppressto veri is equivalent to a suggestio falst; and where either the suppression of the truth . or the suggestion of what is false can be proved, in a fact material to the contract, the party injured may have relief against the contract.” Fleming v. Slocum, 18 Johns. (N. Y¥.) 405, 9 Am. Dec. 224.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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