The tort of deceit is a type of legal injury that occurs when a person intentionally and knowingly deceives another person into an action that damages them. Specifically, deceit requires that the tortfeasor
makes a factual representation,
knowing that it is false, or reckless or is indifferent about its veracity,
intending that another person relies on it,
who then acts in reliance on it, to that person's own detriment.
