Definition of DEFRAUD in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFRAUD
To practice fraud; to cheat or trick. State v. Harroun, 199 Mo. 519, 98 S.W. 467, 470; James v. State, 43 Ga.App. 324, 158 S.E. 644, 645. To deprive a person of property or any interest, estate, or right by fraud, deceit, or artifice. State v. Vandenburg, 9 W.W.Harr. 498, 2 A.2d 916, 919. But not by force or intimidation. Hammerschmidt v. U. S., 265 U.S. 182, 44 S.Ct. 511, 68 L. Ed. 968; Norton v. U. S., C.C.A.Cal., 92 F.2d 753, 756.
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