心しん裡り留りゅう保ほ

noun

mental reservation; false declaration of intent

Legal term for knowingly declaring an intention that differs from one's true will, typically to deceive the other party. Used in contract law contexts.

• 心しん裡り留りゅう保ほによる意い思し表ひょう示じは、原げん則そくとして無む効こうとはならない。

  A declaration of intent made with mental reservation is not void in principle.

• 相あい手て方がたが心しん裡り留りゅう保ほを知しっていた場ば合あい、その意い思し表ひょう示じは無む効こうとなる。

  If the other party knew of the mental reservation, the declaration of intent becomes void.