pretense : Idioms & Phrases

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Escutcheon of pretense

  • an escutcheon used in English heraldry to display the arms of the bearer's wife; not commonly used unless she an heiress. Cf. Impalement.
Webster 1913

false pretense

  • noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
    false pretence; false pretense.
WordNet

False pretenses

  • noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
    false pretence; false pretense.
WordNet
  • (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another.
Webster 1913