What is ACTIVE CONCEALMENT? Definition of ACTIVE CONCEALMENT in Black's Law Dictionary
This implies a purpose or design accomplished by words or acts, while passive concealment consists in mere silence where there is a duty to speak. Vendt v. Duenke, Mo.App., 210 S.W.2d 692, 699.
Concealment becomes a fraud where it is effected by misleading and' deceptive talk, acts, or conduct, where it is accompanied by misrepresentations, or where, in addition to a party's silence, there is any statement, word, or act on his part which tends affirmatively to a suppression of the truth. Such conduct is designated active concealment. Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Iowa v. Halsey, Stuart & Co., C.C.A.I11., 112 F.2d 302, 309.
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