bad+faith

  • 11bad faith — The antithesis of good faith; a state of mind affirmatively operating with a furtive design, with a motive of self interest or ill will, or for an ulterior purpose. 37 Am J2d Fraud § 1. Though an indefinite term, it differs from and is stronger… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 12bad faith — noun intent to deceive: the slave owners had acted in bad faith …

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  • 13bad faith — bad intention, malicious intent …

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  • 14Bad faith (existentialism) — For other uses, see Bad faith (disambiguation). Bad faith (from French, mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept used by existentialist philosopher Jean Paul Sartre to describe the phenomenon where a human being under pressure from societal… …

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  • 15bad faith — Perfidy, perfidiousness, traitorousness, dishonesty, unfairness, faithlessness, lack of fidelity, want of good faith, breach of faith, Punic faith, punica fides or fides punica …

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  • 16bad faith — /bæd ˈfeɪθ/ (say bad fayth) noun dishonest or underhand dealing (opposed to good faith) …

  • 17bad faith — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, Punic faith, ambidexterity, artifice, barratry, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, contravention, cunning, deceitfulness,… …

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  • 18bad faith — noun a) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit. This has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. b) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction… …

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  • 19bad faith — The condition highlighted by Sartre, in which one averts one s gaze from facts, or options and choices, that at some level one knows to be present …

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  • 20bad faith —    An intentional dishonest act involving the nonfulfillment of contractual obligations, misleading of another, or entrance into an agreement without the intention or means to fulfill it …

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