Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
active concealment
The concealment by words or acts of something that one has a duty to reveal.
active concealment.
See CONCEALMENT.
concealment
n. 1. The act of refraining from disclosure; esp., an act by which one prevents or hinders the discovery of something. 2. The act of removing from sight or notice; hiding. 3. Insurance. The insured's intentional withholding from the insurer material facts that increase the insurer's risk and that in good faith ought to be disclosed. - conceal ub "Concealment is an affirmative act intended or known to be likely to keep another from learning of a fact of which he would otherwise have learned. Such affirmative action is always equivalent to a misrepresentation and has any effect that a misrepres
concealment rule
The principle that a defendant's conduct that hinders or prevents a plaintiff from discovering the existence of a claim tolls the statute of limitations until the plaintiff discovers or should have discovered the claim. Also termed fraudulent-concealment rule.
fraudulent concealment.
The affirmative suppression or hiding, with the intent to deceive or defraud, of a material fact or circumstance that one is legally (or, sometimes, morally) bound to reveal.
fraudulent-concealment rule.
See CONCEALMENT RULE.
passive concealment
The act of maintaining silence when one has a duty to speak.