what is false pretense?

Answer 1

false pretense - n. Law. - False representation of fact or circumstance, calculated to mislead.


Yes, it is exactly like using the fable that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq as a ruse to invade their country (and then another, and in theaters near you, soon to be another!).

Answer 2

A false pretense is using a false cause to act in a particular way. For instance, a policeman may pull a driver over under the pretense that they were driving a stolen car. If the police officer did not have information that suggested that the car was stolen, the pull over would be under a false pretense.

Answer 3

False pretense is exactly what is sounds like. It is most often a term used when someone says (or pretends) something is true when it is not in order to gain something. For instance, if a police officer comes to your door and tells you he has warrant to search your home, when, in fact, he does not, then he is attempting to gain entry under false pretense.

Answer 4

In legal terms, false pretense is a "false representation of fact or circumstance, calculated to mislead."

It is a common law crime, and "consists of (1) obtaining title (2) to personal property of another (3) by an intentional false statement of past or existing fact (4) with intent to defraud the other."

In simple terms, it is a situation where someone pretends or represents themselves to be something they are not.

Answer 5

Making it appear that something is being done or exists for a reason it isn't.

Example: I go door to door with a tin can with UNICEF written on it. I ask if you would be willing to donate something and you give me some money. The money I'm collecting isn't going for UNICEF.

Whether or not I tell you I am collecting for UNICEF doesn't matter, nor does it matter where the money eventually ends up going (In my pocket or elsewhere). What matters is because I am carrying a can with the word UNICEF written on it and am asking for donations, then I am setting up the pretense I am collecting for UNICEF, which is false.

Answer 6

Creating reports claiming iraq has WMD's starting a war and then finding none.

Answer 7

falsely pretending a fact to be true.

Answer 8

Giving the wrong or invalid reason for doing something.