Sentences with phrase «making false pretences»

I say there is nothing wrong with the person you are already and instead of making false pretences, we should perhaps use the new year to focus on the «REAL YOU».

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1) A false pretence is a representation of the existence of a state of facts made by a person, either with the knowledge that such representation is false or without the belief that it is true, and made with an intent to defraud.

Wholly accepting Woyome's defence that he was, indeed, entitled to make the claim, Mr Justice Ofoe said the state failed to prove Woyome had defrauded it by false pretence.