Drishti Judiciary : List of Vocabulary

List of Vocabulary

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Fabricate

To forge.

To fabricate false evidence is a punishable offence under Section 192 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860.

Fact

An actual and absolute reality, as distinguished from mere supposition or opinion.

Fact means and includes, any mental condition of which any person is conscious.

Fact in Issue

Any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence, nature or extent of any right, liability, or disability, asserted or denied in any suit or proceeding, necessarily follows.

A caused B's death, is a fact in issue.

False Evidence

Untrue Evidence.

Presenting false evidence in the court of law is a punishable offence.

Forfeiture

The act of depriving someone of something in consequence of an offence or breach of a condition.

'A' could not repay his debt and hence his property was forfeited.

Fraud

Using false representation to obtain an unjust advantage.

Being silent if the person has duty to speak constitutes fraud.

Fraudulently

Intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

A person is said to do a thing fraudulently if he does that thing with intent to defraud but not otherwise.

Free Consent

Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation, and mistake.

Free Consent is defined under Section 14 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872.