Court Opinions

US Supreme Court

Board of Patent Appeals

State Laws

US Code

US Constitution

Art. I - Legislative

Art. II - Executive

Art. III - Judicial

Art. IV - States' Relations

Art. V - Mode of Amendment

Art. VI - Prior Debts

Art VII - Ratification

Georgia Code - Equity - Title 23, Section 23-2-51

Legal Research Home > Atlanta Lawyer > Appeals and Errors > Georgia Code - Equity - Title 23, Section 23-2-51

Sponsored Links

(a) Fraud may be actual or constructive.

(b) Actual fraud consists of any kind of artifice by which another is deceived. Constructive fraud consists of any act of omission or commission, contrary to legal or equitable duty, trust, or confidence justly reposed, which is contrary to good conscience and operates to the injury of another.

(c) Actual fraud implies moral guilt; constructive fraud may be consistent with innocence.

Last modified: May 3, 2006