suppressio veri

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Mere concealment is not actionable unless it amounts not only to suppressio veri, but to suggestio falsi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

By a long suggestio falsi et suppressio veri it has led the population of this city to believe that the position of France has bettered itself every day that the siege has lasted.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

Sacrilege in ignorance, fraud, suppressio veri, and perjury, were punished by enforced compensation, and the addition of a fifth part of the value concerned in the matter to the priest, or to the person wronged.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

If this present discussion had not arisen, and the "Advice, entire," had not been given by Hutchinson, the suppressio veri, perpetrated by Cotton Mather, would, perhaps, have become permanent history.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth

He has more to say and more opportunities to deceive the jury, not only by naked lying, but by both suppressio veri and suggestio falsi.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)