Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
Do you need
volunteer, community service, work, military or court hours?
|
|
Helping San Diego, California and beyond since 1997.
|
|
Click here and add this page to your favorites!
|
Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR |
|
|
CHEATING , " the fraudulently obtaining the property of another by any deceitful practice not amounting to felony , which practice is of such a nature that it directly affects, or may directly affect, the public at large" (Stephen, Digest of Criminal Law, chap. xl. 367). Cheating is either a common law or statutory offence, and is punishable as a misdemeanour. An indictment for cheating at common law is of comparatively rare occurrence, and the statutory crime usually presents itself in the form of obtaining money by false pretences (q.v.). The word " cheat " is a variant of " escheat," i.e. the reversion of land to a lord of the fee through the failure of blood of the tenant
slang
Thomas
tract
Greene
call
term
End of Article: CHEATING If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/CHA_CHR/CHEATING.html"> CHEATING </a> |
|
|
(Previous) CHEADLE |
(Next) CHEBICHEV, PAFNUTIY LVOVICH (1821-1894) |
|
Sponsored Advertisements