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To: cuban leaf
It’s completely legal to lie except when offering services IN WRITING.

I'm not an attorney, but I don't think that's true. The defining element of the fraud is deception. That can be verbal or written.

It is, of course, much more difficult to prove a fraud without written evidence.

I do know here in Florida there has been some high-visibility prosecutions of people for defrauding old folks. The contracts they signed were entirely legal, but their signature was obtained by false verbal inducements.

34 posted on 11/24/2014 12:14:49 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

I used to be a commercial real estate agent. Back then it was all about getting your contract (to find a lessee) in writing or you would get stiffed for the commission. Sure, you coult try to fight it, but it is basically “he said, she said” without a contract.

And with this sort of thing, it is LITERALLY he said, she said. No written contract, no case.

This whole thing is absurd on the face of it. It’s why I guessed it was a democrat proposing it. It means that it would be technically illegal for a guy to say he loved a girl just to get her to “put out” (Not that it is not sleazy and immoral). It’s nuts to get the law involved in such things.


43 posted on 11/24/2014 12:34:14 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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