Legal Definition and Related Resources of Concealment

Meaning of Concealment

The intentional withholding of information material to risk which assured in honesty and good faith ought to communicate to insurer. Merchants Indem. Corp. of N. Y. v Eggleston, 172 A.2d 206, 68 N.J. Super. 235.

Concealment Alternative Definition

The Improper suppression of any fact or circumstance by one of the parties to a contract from the other, which in justice ought to be known. The omission by an applicant for insurance preliminarily to state facts known to him, or which he is bound to know, material to the risk proposed to be insured against, or omission to state truly the facts expressly inquired about by the underwriters to whom application for insurance is made, whether the same are or are not material to the risk. See 12 Cush. (Mass.) 416.

Synonyms of Concealment

noun

camouflage
confinement
cover
deceitfulness
disappearance
disguise
disguisement
duplicity
evasion
furtiveness
hiding
incognito
inconspicuousness
invisibility
nonappearance
obfuscation
obscurity
obsuration
privacy
seclusion
secrecy
secretion
secretiveness
silence
stealthiness
subterfuge
suppression
suppression of the truth
Associated Concepts: concealment of assets
concealment of information
concealment of material fact
concealment voiding an insurance policy
concealment with intent to defraud creditors
evasive contemptforeign phrases: Aliud est celare
aliud tacere
To conceal is one thing; to be silent is another
Suppressio veri
suggestiofalsi
The suppression of truth is equivalent to the suggestion of what is false

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Concealment in Law Enforcement

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Concealment

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early 14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French concelement “concealment, secrecy,” from conceler “to hide” (see conceal). Originally a term in law; general sense is from c. 1600.

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English Legal System: Concealment

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Concealment :

See nondisclosure.

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