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1. ''Law - criminal law - UK.''


A sum of money paid by a buyer as part of the sale price of something in order to reserve it.
The criminal offence of falsifying accounts or related documents knowing or suspecting them to be false or misleading, for the purpose of personal gain or of causing loss to another.


The deposit may or may not be returned if the sale is not completed.
False accounting can also include destroying or hiding accounts or related documents.




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2. ''Law - criminal law.''


A refundable amount paid as security, for example by a tenant in relation to a lease.
Similar criminal offences in other legal jurisdictions.




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== See also ==
 
* [[Accounting standards]]
A sum of money lent to or placed with a financial organisation, such as a bank, for a set period or an indeterminate period for safekeeping or to earn interest or as a security to cover potential trading losses.
* [[Audit]]
 
* [[Auditors’ report]]
* [[Contract]]
* [[Criminal law]]
* [[Disclosure]]
* [[Factual misstatement]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Fraud]]
* [[Fraudulent misrepresentation]]
* [[Fraudulent trading]]
* [[Innocent misrepresentation]]
* [[Judgmental misstatement]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
* [[Law]]
* [[Material]]
* [[Misrepresentation]]
* [[Misstatement]]
* [[Negligent misrepresentation]]
* [[Negligent misstatement]]
* [[Qualified audit report]]
* [[Unqualified audit report]]
* [[Window-dressing]]


== See also ==
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Deposit account]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[Deposit rating]]
* [[Depositor]]
* [[Evergreen deposit]]
* [[Hot money]]
* [[Lease]]
* [[NMD]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Stability]]
* [[Tenant]]

Revision as of 09:18, 3 March 2022

1. Law - criminal law - UK.

The criminal offence of falsifying accounts or related documents knowing or suspecting them to be false or misleading, for the purpose of personal gain or of causing loss to another.

False accounting can also include destroying or hiding accounts or related documents.


2. Law - criminal law.

Similar criminal offences in other legal jurisdictions.


See also