suppressio veri

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Does not this look much like the suppressio veri which follows close on the footsteps of the assertio falsi?

From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

There is in all both a suppressio veri and a suggestio falsi, which makes the honest inquirer almost entirely reject their books.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

Sacrilege in ignorance, fraud, suppressio veri, and perjury, were punished by enforced compensation, and the addition of a fifth part of the value concerned in the matter to the priest, or to the person wronged.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various

Mere concealment is not actionable unless it amounts not only to suppressio veri, but to suggestio falsi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

The first, in which, at the time of writing, the suppressio veri was too strong for her conscience, had now become an honest letter, and sadly folding it she sent the missive on its way.

From Two on a Tower by Hardy, Thomas