Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Collusion


COLLUSION. Is an agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. It implies the existence of fraud of some kind, the employment of fraudulent means, or of lawful means for the accomplishment of an unlawful purpose. May Hosiery Mills v. United States
District Court in and for Dist. of Montana, C.C.A. Mont., 64 F.2d 450, 454.

A secret combination, conspiracy, or concert of action between two or more persons for fraudulent or deceitful purpose.
W. E. Bowen Improvement Co. v. Van Half ten, 209 Mo.App. 629, 238 S.W. 147, 149; Daly v. Haight, 156 N.Y.S. 538, 541, 170 App.Div. 469.

BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY
REVISED FOURTH EDITION