representation

representation
    n 1: a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
         [syn: {representation}, {mental representation}, {internal
         representation}]
    2: a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone
       or something
    3: the act of representing; standing in for someone or some
       group and speaking with authority in their behalf
    4: the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate
       or agent [syn: {representation}, {delegacy}, {agency}]
    5: a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some
       constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the
       representation from California"
    6: a factual statement made by one party in order to induce
       another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract
       contains several representations by the vendor"
    7: a performance of a play [syn: {theatrical performance},
       {theatrical}, {representation}, {histrionics}]
    8: a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or
       protesting; "certain representations were made concerning
       police brutality"
    9: the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice
       in some legislative body
    10: an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or
        results in an equivalent
    

Representation \Rep`re*sen*ta"tion\ (-z?n-t?"sh?n), n. [F.
   repr?sentation, L. representatio.]
   1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
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   2. That which represents. Specifically:
      (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a
          representation of the human face, or figure, and the
          like.
      (b) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical
          representation; a representation of Hamlet.
      (c) A description or statement; as, the representation of
          an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
      (d) The body of those who act as representatives of a
          community or society; as, the representation of a
          State in Congress.
      (e) (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made
          orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk
          is affected, or either party is influenced.
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   3. The state of being represented.
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   Syn: Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness;
        resemblance; exhibition; sight.
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Re-presentation \Re-pres`en*ta"tion\ (r?-prez`?n-t?"sh?n), n.
   [See {Re-present}.]
   The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented
   again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts
   previously stated.
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REPRESENTATION, insurances. A representation is a collateral statement, 
either by writing not inserted in the policy, or by parol, of such facts or 
circumstances relative to the proposed adventure, as are necessary to be 
communicated to the underwriters, to enable them to form a just estimate of 
the risk. 
     2. A representation, like a warranty, may be either affirmative, as 
where the insured avers the existence of some fact or circumstance which may 
affect the risk; or promissory, as where he engages the performance of, 
something executory. 
     3. There is a material difference between a representation and a 
warranty. 
     4. A warranty, being a condition upon which the contract is to take 
effect, is always a part of the written policy, and must appear on the face 
of it. Marsh. Ins. c. 9, Sec. 2. Whereas a representation is only a matter 
of collateral information or intelligence on the subject of the voyage 
insured, and makes no part of the policy. A warranty being in the nature of 
a condition precedent, must be strictly and literally complied with; but it 
is sufficient if the representation be true in substance, whether a warranty 
be material to the risk or not, the insured stakes his claim of indemnity 
upon the precise truth of it, if it be affirmative, or upon the exact 
performance of it, if executory; but it is sufficient if a representation be 
made without fraud, and be not false in any material point, or if it be 
substantially, though not literally, fulfilled. A false warranty avoids the 
policy, as being a breach of the condition upon which the contract is to 
take effect; and the insurer is not liable for any loss though it do not 
happen in consequence of the breach of the warranty; a false representation 
is no breach of the contract, but if material, avoids the policy on the 
ground of fraud, or at least because the insurer has been misled by it. 
Marsh. Insur. B. 1, c. 10, s. 1; Dougl. R. 247: 4 Bro. P. C. 482. 
     See 2 Caines' R. 155; 1 Johns. Cas. 408; 2 Caines' Cas. 173, n.; 3 
Johns. Cas. 47; 1 Caines' Rep. 288; 2 Caines' R. 22; Id. 329; Sugd. Vend. 6; 
Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. and Concealment; Misrepresentation. 
    

REPRESENTATION, Scotch law. The name of a plea or statement presented to a 
lord ordinary of the court of sessions, when his judgment is brought under 
review. 
    

360 Moby Thesaurus words for "representation":
      Australian ballot, Hare system, abstract, abstraction, account,
      acting, affectation, agency, altarpiece, appearance, apprehension,
      assertion, attitudinizing, aye, badge, ballot, banner, bar,
      block print, bluff, bluffing, buffoonery, burlesque, business,
      bust, cameo, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, catalog,
      cataloging, certified copy, change, character, character sketch,
      characteristic, characterization, cheating, clone, collage, color,
      color print, coloring, commutation, conceit, concept, conception,
      copy, cosmorama, counsel, counterfeit, counterpart, counting heads,
      cross section, cumulative voting, cyclorama, daub, deception,
      deciding vote, declaration, delegation, delineation, delusion,
      demonstration, depiction, deposition, deputation, deputyship,
      description, details, device, differentia, diorama, diptych,
      disguise, displacement, display, dissemblance, dissembling,
      dissimulation, ditto, division, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate,
      duplication, earmark, ectype, effigy, embodiment, enactment,
      enfranchisement, engraving, evocation, example, exchange,
      exemplification, exhibit, exhibition, exponent, exposition,
      exposure, facade, face, facsimile, fagot vote, fair copy,
      faithful copy, fake, fakery, faking, false air, false front,
      false show, falsity, fancy, feigning, feint, figure, figurine,
      forgery, four-flushing, franchise, fraud, fresco, front, gag,
      georama, gilt, gloss, graphic account, graveyard vote, hallmark,
      ham, hammy acting, hand vote, head, hoke, hokum, humbug,
      humbuggery, icon, idea, idiosyncrasy, illumination, illustration,
      image, imagery, imago, imitation, impersonation, imposture,
      impression, index, indicant, indicator, insignia,
      intellectual object, itemization, keynote, knockoff,
      legal profession, light show, likeness, limning, list system,
      manifestation, mark, masquerade, measure, memory-trace,
      mental image, mental impression, meretriciousness, mimesis,
      mimicking, mimicry, miming, miniature, mock-up, model, montage,
      mosaic, mummery, mural, myriorama, nay, no, nontransferable vote,
      note, notion, observation, opening, opinion, ostentation,
      outward show, overacting, pageant, pageantry, panorama,
      pantomiming, parade, paraphrase, parody, particularization,
      pasticcio, pastiche, patter, peculiarity, perception, performance,
      performing, personation, phantasmagoria, phony, photograph,
      picture, playacting, playing, pleading, plebiscite, plebiscitum,
      plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, pomp, portrait, portraiture,
      portrayal, pose, posing, posture, power of attorney,
      preferential voting, presentation, presentment, pretense,
      pretension, pretext, print, production, profile, projection,
      property, proportional representation, proxy, psychedelic show,
      quadruplicate, quid pro quo, recept, record vote, referendum,
      reflection, rendering, rendition, repetition, replacement, replica,
      replication, representative, reproduction, resemblance,
      retrospective, right to vote, rising vote, say, seal, seeming,
      semblance, sentiment, sham, shifting scene, show, show of hands,
      showing, sight, sigil, sign, signal, signature, similitude,
      simulacrum, simulation, single vote, sketch, slapstick, snap vote,
      specification, specimen, speciousness, spectacle, stage business,
      stage directions, stage presence, stage show, stained glass window,
      stamp, statement, statue, statuette, stencil, still life,
      straw vote, stunt, subrogation, substitution, suffrage,
      supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession,
      supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, supposition, sure sign,
      switch, symptom, tableau, tableau vivant, taking a role, tapestry,
      telltale sign, theory, thought, tit for tat, trait,
      transferable vote, travesty, triplicate, triptych, type,
      typification, undertaking, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling,
      varnish, varnishing day, vernissage, version, vicariousness,
      vignette, viva voce, vivid description, voice, voice vote, vote,
      voting, voting right, wall painting, window dressing,
      word painting, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes