Fraudulent concealment
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fraudulent-concealment-294-18599418
title:
Fraudulent concealment
text:
Fraudulent concealment is a common law doctrine that may be invoked to toll a statute of limitations. Under this doctrine, if a defendant has concealed his misconduct, then the limitations period shall start from the point when the plaintiff discovers his claim, or should have discovered it with due diligence. It is similar to the equitable estoppel doctrine. The United States Supreme Court first adopted the fraudulent concealment doctrine as a federal common law matter in the 1874 case Bailey v
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Common law doctrine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraudulent_concealment
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date modified:
2023-05-02T01:38:44Z
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