bad faith

See also: bad-faith

English

Etymology

Sense 3 is a semantic loan from French mauvaise foi, coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

Noun

bad faith (uncountable)

1. (law) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit. This has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies.
2. (law) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold).
3. (philosophy) The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will.

Synonyms

• Punic faith

Translations

malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit

• Latin: mala fides f
• Portuguese: má fé f
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intent to deceive or mislead

• French: mauvaise foi (fr) f
• German: Arglist (de) f, arge List f (dated, poetic)
• Irish: feall m

  Old Irish: éccubus m

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• Manx: drogh aigney m
• Portuguese: má fé f
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existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will

• Portuguese: má fé f
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See also

• good faith

References

• Bad faith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bad faith (existentialism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• "Bad Faith" Defined (The 'Lectric Law Library)