FRA 
futo equity, that the courts of Jaw are incompeten 
tt 
ieve 5 for where the fraud can. be clearly eftablithed, eae 
of law exercife a concurrent jurifdi ion with courts of equi- 
elieve by m anes 
hh fuch¢ corrupt agreem r fraud. -1 Burr. 396. Wood’s 
Inft. 295. Therefore, ‘where the obligor was an unlettered 
nr a the bond was not réad over to him, he was allowed 
to plead this circumftance in an aétion on the bond. g Hen. 
V. 155 ie 11 Co. 2 
2 Rol. J It is Bie that lord Coke, in 
the fame paffage where he confines the jurifdiction of courts 
of equit rauds, cov! for which 
there is no remedy by the ordinary cour: of law,’’ {eems to 
‘admit that all frauds were not relievable at law. See 3 Inf. 
The chancery see decree a conveyarice to be fraudu- 
Tent: merely ly for being voluntary, and without a any trial at 
Jaw; yet it has ae maintained, that fraud, or not, was 
triable only by a ek aes 
of equity will n relieve ag 
ground © of the 
ony 
3 (eo) 
e °. 
Rae 36 Vez. 155. P. Win 
203. It feems aareed, Avs if a woman, on the point of 
aes oo or Romar her property to.a mere ftranger, 
for whom fhe under even a moral obligation to pro- 
vide, tach oe will be a fraud on the marital 
a 20. NK. 41. 2 Vez. 204. a prior in- 
mbrance n elt and is a witnefs ae a fubfequent 
mortgage, But dee not diclot his own incumbrance, this 
is fuch a fraud in le for a his incumbrance fhall be 
poftponed. 2 Vern oif A. having a mortgage 
on a leafehold eftate, i the- beats deec to the mort- 
Bagor, with an intent to borrow more mon ey 3 that is ee 
raud in the mortgagee, for which his nk ie sa 
poftponed to the fubfequent incumbranc 2 92 26. 
1 Eg. Abr. 321. Ifa fecurity iad suaae! from a ee 
by fraud, upon. _ = a demand a Ctitious, it 
will be reheved again equi ae mm. 123. 63 
There are nee eel ae Ww cee a parol agreement 
intended to be reduced into writing, but prevented by fraud, 
has been decreed inequity, notw ithftanding the flatute of 
frauds and perjuries; as where upon a marriage-treaty, 
iven by the hufband to draw a rr 
which he privately countermarided, and afterwards drew 
the woman by perfuafions and aflurances . — etlement 
to marry him, it was decreed, that he- make ¢ 
the féttlement. 1 Eq. Ab.19. So at be a ee BS 
ent was concerning , lendin g.of money . am 
him on the pout 9 of aa TEs. "Ab 
The ftatute of frauds, 29 Car. Il. ¢ p. 3: requires = 
contraéta and agreements, leafes, and rs wifes of land, be 
writing. And devifes of land, rents, &c. are. dee ae 
fraudulent and void againft creditors, upon honds or.other 
ae 3 and 4 a ce goals cap. 14. made per- 
petual t. 6 Willia 
‘And a fuch niior thal fave his ation of debt 
upon his bonds an fpecialties estima 1e heir at law of fuch 
ee and fach devifees jointly ‘This, tatute, however, 
=. 
portions for cl] 
made ie © manage 7 a ics 
heir at re fha 
by the ftatute, fhall be chargeable ‘in the 
ner as the heir, thou ngh the tande devifed fhall be aliened. . 
aa ation brou 
nay be laid down as a oF rule, that without the 
ecprets provifion of a of: parliament, all deceitful 
practices in cog) or endeavouring to defraud, another 
of his known right, by means of fome artful device, con- 
trary to the plain rules of common hon oe are eondenine 
by the common law, and punifhable according to the hei= 
noufnefs of the offence. Co. Litt. 36. Dyer 295. It is 
alfo a rule, that a wrongful manner of executing a thin 
fhall avoid ‘a matter ae might have been se lawfully. 
Co. Litt. 35. 357. Rol. Abr. 420. 549. Poph. 64. roo. 
As to frauds in Ri and dealings, the common law 
fubje&s the wrong-doer, in feveral inftances, to an action on 
the cafe; as if a perfon, having the poffeffion of goods, fell 
them to another, affirming them to be his own, aa in 
truth they are not, an action on he cafe lies. 
go. Jac. 474. I£ ona treaty for the pincers ae a 
houfe, the defendant affirms-the rent to be more than it is, 
Nigesked y the plaintiff i is induced to give more than the heufe 
s worth, this is a fraud eee 1 Lev, 102. i Sid. 
ae 1 Keb. 510. 518. ta : 
FRAUDULENT Deeps "See DEE 
FrAuDULENT Devifes. cee the article paiun: See alfo 
DeviseE and WILL.. 
FRAUENBERG, or Prainpa, in Geography, a town 
of Bohemia, in the circle of Pilfen; 5 miles 5. W. of 
Hayd- ~ 
fo cekeene. or Huboka, a town of Bohemia, in the 
circle el bile chatitz ; 12 miles S, E. of Woodnian. 
Wo 
n of Proffia, n the province of Erm 
ie, “ftuated on the Frifch-haff, built i in the head 127. 
The celebrated vada was a canon of this church, and 
here in 3543 3 iles N. E. of Elbing. ‘N. lat. 54° 
E. long. 19’ ic Ifo, a town of the duchy - of 
Coutland 3 30 miles W. of Mittan. 
FRAUENDO ae a town of Germany, in the bifhopric 
of Bamberg; 14 miles N.N.E. of Bamberg.—Alfo, a 
town of the 
Cuiltrin. 
FRAUENF IELD, a fmall town, or he village o ee 
Switzerland, and a the capital of the bailliage of 
au, ae fearcely 1000 
narkable e place oes fince 1712, 
ha uftomed to’ affemble a 
zo-miles N. E. of Zurich. 
NMARCK, a ‘town of Hungary ; 3, 1x: milee: 
N. E. of Levens. 
F RAUENPRIESNITZ,a tovmn of Germany, i in ante 
ringid ; 15 miles W. of Wei: 
FRAUENSTEIN, a town of Germa any» in the circle 
‘i abs Sls on the Mulda;, 18 mile 8 S.S..W., of Dref. 
den. N. lat. 50° 43’. EK. long. 13° 31. . 
ara HAL, 2 town of the duchy of Stiria ; Io 
miles S. of Voltabe erg.—Alfo, a town of the principality 
of Anfpach ; five miles N. E. of Cr reghingen. 
FRAU.- 
New Mark of Brandenburg ; 10 miles S. oF 
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