In the clvll law. Guile; de-celtfulness; malicious fraud. A fraudulent address or trick used to deceive some one; a fraud. Dlg. 4, 3, 1. Any subtle contriv-ance by words or acts wlth a design to circumvent. 2 Kent, Comm. 560; Code, 2, 21
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
