LYING BY
\lˈa͡ɪɪŋ bˈa͡ɪ], \lˈaɪɪŋ bˈaɪ], \l_ˈaɪ_ɪ_ŋ b_ˈaɪ]\
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A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, is said to lie prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
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