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Suppressio Veri

Lat Suppression or concealment of the truth. “It is a* rule of equity, as well as of law, that a sup-pressio veri is equivalent to a suggestio falsi; and where either the suppression of the truth or the suggestion of what is false can he proved, in a fact material to the contract, the party injured may have relief against the contract” Fleming v. Slocum, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 405, 9 Am. Dec. 224

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)