suggestio
falsi. Pl. suggestiones falsi.
[mod.L., = suggestion of what is
false.]
A misrepresentation of the truth whereby something incorrect is
implied to be true; an indirect lie.
Often in contexts with suppressio veri.
QUOTES:
1815 H. Maddock Princ. & Pract. Chancery I. 208
Whenever Suppressio veri or Suggestio falsi occur..they afford a sufficient
ground for setting aside any Release or Conveyance.
1855 Newspaper
& Gen. Reader's Pocket Compan. i.4
He was bound to say that the
suppressio veri on that occasion approached very nearly to a positive suggestio
falsi.
1898 Kipling Stalky & Co. (1899) 36
It seems..that
they had held back material facts; that they were guilty both of suppressio veri
and suggestio falsi.
1907 W. de Morgan Alice-for-Short xxxvi. 389
That's suppressio veri and suggestio falsi! Besides, it's fibs!
1962 J. Wilson Public Schools & Private Practice i. 19
It is
rare to find a positively verifiable untruth in a school brochure: but it is equally
rare not to find a great many suggestiones falsi, particularly as regards the
material comfort and facilities available.
1980 D. Newsome On Edge
of Paradise 7
There are undoubted cases of suppressio veri; on the other
hand, he appears to eschew suggestio falsi. --- Fibs indeed.
Suppress,
suggest. Write: "Griceland, Inc." "Yes,
I agree to become a Doctor in Griceian Studies"
EXAM
QUESTION: 1. Discuss suggestio falsi in terms of detachability. 2.
Compare suppresio veri and suggestion falsi in connection with "The king
of France is bald" uttered during Napoleon's time. 3. Invent things
for 'suppressio falsi' and 'suggestio veri'. 4. No. You cannot go to the
bathroom.
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