FRAUDS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FRAUDS, STATUTE OF. The name commonly given to the statute 29 Car. II., c. 
  3, entitled "An act for prevention of frauds and perjuries." This statute 
  has been re-enacted in most. of the states of the Union, generally with 
  omissions, amendments, or alterations. When the words of the statute have 
  been used, the construction put upon them has also been adopted. Most of the 
  acts of the different states will be found in Anthon's Appendix to Shep. 


  Touchst. See also the Appendix to the second edition of Roberts on Frauds.