- overreaching
- Fraudulent conduct in taking unfair advantage.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
overreaching
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overreaching — In connection with commercial and consumer transactions, is that which results from an inequality of bargaining power or other circumstances in which there is an absence of meaningful choice on the part of one of the parties. Leprino v.… … Black's law dictionary
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