Legal Definition and Related Resources of Disclosure

The act of making known, of revealing. Revelation. That which is disclosed or revealed. The term has acquired special meaning in statutes designed to protect consumers such as truth in Lending Act under which the term is one of art referring to the manner in which certain information deemed basic to an intelligent assessment of a credit transaction is to be conveyed to the consumer. See Doggett v Ritter finance Co. of Louisiana, (D.C. Va.)384 F. Supp. 150.

The process of providing full and frank financial details about a person’s capital, income, assets and liabilities. This is either done voluntarily, or pursuant to a court order.

The release or transmittal of previously hidden or unknown information.

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(Act of disclosing), noun

• noun admission
• advisement
• announcement
• apprisal
• assertion
• communication
• concession
• confession
• declaration
• disclosing
• dissemination
• divulgation
• divulgement
• divulgence
• enlightenment
• enumeration
• exposition
• exposure
• informing
• making aware
• making public
• mention
• notification
• patefactio
• presentation to view
• proclamation
• production
• profession
• publication
• recital
• recitation
• relation
• representation
• revealing
• revealment
• showing
• telling
• uncovering
• uncovery
• unfolding
• unfoldment
• unmasking
• unveiling
• uttering
• Associated Concepts: disclosure device
• disclosure of assets
• disclosure of interest
• duty of disclosure
• false disclosure
• nondisclosure
• right to disclosure
• voluntary disclosureforeign phrases: Suppressio veri
• suggestio falsi
• The supression of truth is equivalent to the suggestion of what is false

(Something disclosed), noun

• acknowledgement
• admission
• affirmation
• announcement
• answer
• assertion
• averment
• avowal
• communication
• concession
• confession
• confirmation
• declaration
• deposition
• discovery
• divulgence
• enunciation
• explanation
• exposé
• exposition
• expression
• indicium
• information
• inside information
• knowledge
• manifestation
• message
• news
• notice
• notification
• presentation
• proclamation
• profession
• publication
• recital
• remark
• report
• revealment
• revelation
• statement
• testimony
• utterance
• word

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Disclosure in Historical Law

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Translate Disclosure from English to Spanish

Translation of Disclosure , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Divulgación and other legal terms is available here.

• Divulgación
• Legal English Translation

See also

See patent (in U.S. law) …. (Read more)

Disclosure in the law of the United States

Disclosure: Related U.S. Resources

• Disclosure in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Criminal Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Criminal Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

See Also

Courtroom Work Group ( U.S.) Discovery (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Disclosure in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of disclosure.

Meaning of Disclosure in Spanish

Description/ translation of disclosure into Spanish: revelación, desvelación, exposición material de las pruebas concretas de la acusación; disclosure violation: infracción de las normas de revelación de pruebas[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where disclosure belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Disclosure published by Antonio Peñaranda

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• disclosure in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• disclosure in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Disclosure of unused material in Law Enforcement

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in Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of disclosure of unused material.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• disclosure of unused material in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• disclosure of unused material in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Disclosure

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

1. (in contract law)

See nondisclosure; uberrimae fidei.

2. (in company law) a. A method of protecting investors that relies on the company disclosing and publishing information, which is then evaluated by the investors, their advisers, and the press.

See also stock exchange. b. A method of regulating the conduct of directors and promoters by requiring them, on *fiduciary principles or by statutory provisions, to disclose to the company any relevant information, e.g. an interest in a contract with the company.

Concept of Disclosure in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Disclosure: A form filled out by the owner of a home describing to a potential buyer any defects in the property of which the owner is aware but are not obvious to the buyer. Courts have held that owners may be liable for undisclosed defects of which they “should be aware”, even if they have no actual knowledge of them.

Concept of Disclosure in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Disclosure: A form filled out by the owner of a home describing to a potential buyer any defects in the property of which the owner is aware but are not obvious to the buyer. Courts have held that owners may be liable for undisclosed defects of which they “should be aware”, even if they have no actual knowledge of them.

Disclosure (Criminal Judicial Process)

Disclosure