1) Falsehood
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Subreption is a concept in Roman law and, in this tradition, Canon law. In this context, obreption and subreption belong together. The Latin word for subreption is `subreptio`, the German is `Erschleichung`. In German philosophy, the concept was used by Christian Wolff (philosopher) and Immanuel Kant to denounce illegitimate claims to empirici...
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misrepresentation; false deduction
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• (n.) The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
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Sub·rep'tion noun [ Latin
subreptio , from
subripere ,
subreptum , to snatch or take away secretly: confer French
subreption . See
Surreptitious .] The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of ...
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a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Cf.(def. 1.). · the act of obtaining something, as an escheat, by concealing pertinent facts. Cf.(def. 2). · a fallacious representation or an inference from it.
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