do you pretend to represent Crown, a corporate, or other imaginary body; it is wrong to lie, there is no such thing as fiction, and to claim to represent something imaginary, is likely fraud;
terms
the four entries are set out in order; the exact definition is readable in the page below, and the facsimile can be opened at full size;
fiction
OED sense 3b“That which, or something that, is imaginatively invented; feigned existence, event, or state of things; invention as opposed to fact.”
the same entry's sense 3a records imaginary invention for deception or otherwise; fiction alone does not establish deceit or fraud;
working usea fiction can not do a deed; who is the man who did the deed;
deceit
OED sense 1“The action or practice of deceiving; concealment of the truth in order to mislead; deception, fraud, cheating, false dealing.”
working usea man does deceit when he knowingly uses falsehood, false appearance, or a concealed fact for the purpose that another man be misled;
surreption
OED sense 1“Suppression of truth or fact for the purpose of obtaining something, or the action of obtaining something in this way (cf. subreption 1); more generally, fraudulent misrepresentation, or other underhand or stealthy proceeding.”
working usea man uses surreption when he suppresses what is true for the purpose of obtaining something;
fraud
OED sense 2a“Criminal deception; the using of false representations to obtain an unjust advantage or to injure the rights or interests of another.”
sourcesense 2a names false representations, unjust advantage, and injury; it does not itself name concealment;
working usea man does fraud, in the relevant sense used here, when he knowingly uses false representation or concealment to seek an unjust advantage, get something not due, or bring about hurt, damage, or loss for another man; state the actual result as hurt, damage, loss, or nothing;
working distinction
- falsehood
- what a man speaks, writes, presents, or maintains does not accord with fact or what is true;
- deceit
- a man knowingly uses falsehood, false appearance, or a concealed fact so that another man be misled;
- fraud
- a man uses that knowing deceit to seek an unjust advantage, get something not due, or bring about hurt, damage, or loss;
- result
- after the wrong, state what followed: hurt, damage, loss, or nothing; then state the remedy due;
how man uses fiction
applicationthe words Crown, Company, Council, Court, HMRC, CPS, Office, and Police force can appear in speech, and writing; fiction is not a man and can not do a deed;
when a man uses fiction, once noticed, the continued use shows the intent to do wrong by way of fraud;
menace, extortion, and fraud
pressure and deceit can occur together, but the words name different parts of a deed;
menacea threat or hostile warning;
extortionextortion is something wrung out by force, menace, or undue power; it requires extraction: money, property, answer, attendance, confession, service, or other advantage wrung from a man;
fraud requires knowing deceit used for the unjust end described above; menace and extortion may accompany fraud, but neither proves it;
notice to the man
this is notice: the continued use of fiction shows the intent to do wrong by way of fraud; i can not in any way communicate with your fiction, and neither can you; terms for dealing with fiction;
