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Definition of Subreption
1. n. The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
Definition of Subreption
1. Noun. The act of obtaining a favour by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subreption
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subreption
Literary usage of Subreption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conscience and Law, Or, Principles of Human Conduct by William Humphrey (1896)
"If it is the truth that is suppressed in the petition, there is said to be subreption.
A rescript or dispensation is null and void which has been obtained ..."
2. The Law of the Church: A Cyclopedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries by Ethelred Luke Taunton (1906)
"Some authors hold that subreption is the fault of obtaining acts by advancing facts
... subreption vitiates a rescript in certain cases : (1) If the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"subreption may be intentional and malicious, or attributable solely to ignorance
... For the effect of subreption on the validity of grants see RESCRIPTS. ..."
4. Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Year 1733 to the Year 1754 by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Grant Elchies (1813)
"But we were more doubtful as to the reason of minority, and therefore did not
decide it. And we found the qualifications of subreption or ..."
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