overreaching

overreaching definition - legal

n

In commercial law, abusing oneÂ’s superior bargaining power to take unfair advantage of another through fraudulent practices. Synonymous with fraud.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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