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mail fraud:<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/strong>(1918)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> An act of fraud using the U.S. Postal Service, as in making false representations<\/a> through <\/strong>the mail to obtain an economic advantage. 18 USCA \u00a7\u00a7 1341-1347. <\/strong>[1]\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

1. The use of the mails to perpetrate a fraud.\u00a0 it is a federal crime.\u00a0 The essence of the offense is using the mails to make a fraudulent misrepresentation<\/a> for the purpose of obtaining money or anything else of value.\u00a0 The crime is also known as using the mails to defraud<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See also wire fraud<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

using the mails to defraud<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The use of the mails in perpetrating a fraud.\u00a0 A crime in violation of the federal statutes, the essence of which consists in the making of false promises which the parties never intended to perform, or false representations<\/a> which they never intended to make good, by means of which they obtain money or other property. Barnard v United States<\/em> (CA9 Cal) 16 F2d 451<\/span>.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>with Pronunciations <\/em>Third Edition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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