-
false pretences by the
Obtaining Money by
False Pretences, etc. Act 1757, the
provisions of
which were
embodied in the
Larceny Act 1861. The
pretence must...
-
pretended to,
known as an "inescutcheon of
pretence". As well as
being used by royalty, the
inescutcheon of
pretence is also used by
English aristocratic and...
- Look up
pretense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pretense or
pretence may
refer to:
pretext pretexting (social engineering) "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1)...
-
himself as an "anti-poet" on
account of his
distaste for poetry's
pompous pretences.
After his recitations, he
would say: "Me
retracto de todo lo dicho."...
- Ellis, was
convicted in the same case for
obtaining money under false pretences and
sentenced to
eighteen months' hard labour. List of
serial killers...
-
charges upon them, as
shown in the arms of the
Swedish Collegium of Arms; in
pretence (as a mark of a
hereditary claim,
usually by
right of marriage), bearing...
- individual;
numerous literary and fan
societies have been
founded on this
pretence. Avid
readers of the
Holmes stories helped create the
modern practice of...
- quasi-king; the
difference was that he
managed the
bureaucracy on the
pretence that
Edward had ****umed full sovereignty,
whereas Somerset had ****erted...
-
nostrils of
Indian manhood." "Self-government for
India is a
horrible pretence which would set the
people of the
country at each other's
throats long...
- promoters, had met
Higgins and his
manager in a
hotel room in Kyiv
under the
pretence of
organising a
series of
events linked to the
World Series of Snooker...
