Deceit
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deceit · action for deceit · action on the case for deceit · deceive · the wrong called Deceit · tort of deceit
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The Law of Torts
The tort of fraudulent misrepresentation.
Assault, libel, and deceit are torts.
The wrong called Deceit consists in leading a man into damage by wilfully or recklessly causing him to believe and act on a falsehood.
To create a right of action for deceit there must be a statement made by the defendant, or for which he is answerable as principal, and with regard to that statement all the following conditions must concur:
The Genius of the Common Law
A common-law action addressing fraud not involving breach of contract, developed late in the eighteenth century as a rival to Chancery's jurisdiction over fraud.
Fraud not involving a breach of contract was long regarded as a matter that only the Court of Chancery could deal with, until in the latter part of the eighteenth century the common law jurisdiction attacked it with the action on the case for deceit.